US 4,730,231 AGranted

Gas insulated metal-clad high voltage equipment with insulating bushing

AssigneeMeidensha Corporation

InventorsShuzo Tanigaki, Masashi Tokushige

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Abstract

A gas insulated metal-clad electrical power equipment has a cylindrical insulating bushing for supporting an electrical conductor. The bushing is filled with the insulating gas therein and air-tightly fixed to a grounded metal compartment wall member of the equipment in such a way that the outer surface of the conductor directly faces the inner circumferential surface of a through hole formed in the wall member with a distance g therebetween. When the axial length l of the inner cylindrical space of the bushing is determined as l.gtoreq.g/4 and further the difference in diameter between the wall through hole .phi..sub.1 and the inner cylindrical space .phi..sub.2 of the bushing is determined as .phi..sub.2 -.phi..sub.1 .gtoreq.4 mm, it is possible to effectively prevent dielectric breakdown along the surface of the bushing. Owing to the above arrangement, it is possible to effectively reduce the size, space, weight, cost, etc. of the bushing, as compared with conventional ones.

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Dependent claims

A gas insulted metal-clad electrical power equipment, comprising:

(a) a compartment containing an electrical power device and filled with an insulating gas;
(b) a grounded metal wall arrangement comprising a metal plate part formed with a through hole having an electrically conductive edge surface;
(c) a cylindrical insulating bushing having an inner cylindrical space extending on the center axis thereof and having a transverse wall blocking the inner cylindrical space, said insulating bushing having an open edge hermetically fixed to a surface of the plate part of said metal wall arrangement about the through hole so that the cylindrical space is communicated with the interior of said compartment and filled with the insulating gas, the cylindrical space being disposed coaxially with the through hole and having a diameter .phi..sub.2 greater than a diameter .phi..sub.1 of the through hole;
(d) an electrically conductive rod having an electrically conductive circumferential surface and passing centrally through the through hole, the cylindrical space and the transverse wall and hermetically supported by the transverse wall, said conductive rod being capable of connecting the electrical power device within said compartment to an electrical power device outside said compartment;
and
(e) wherein the circumferential surface of said conductive rod directly faces the edge surface of the through hole and is separated therefrom by a distance g;
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(f) wherein the axial length l of the cylindrical space is equal to or longer than a quarter of the distance g.

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