CA1252656A - Electrical insulator column - Google Patents

Electrical insulator column

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CA1252656A
CA1252656A CA000486878A CA486878A CA1252656A CA 1252656 A CA1252656 A CA 1252656A CA 000486878 A CA000486878 A CA 000486878A CA 486878 A CA486878 A CA 486878A CA 1252656 A CA1252656 A CA 1252656A
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support element
insulator column
insulator
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Tibor Salanki
Norbert Hess
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Siemens AG
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H33/00High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H33/02Details
    • H01H33/42Driving mechanisms
    • H01H33/423Driving mechanisms making use of an electromagnetic wave communication
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4401Optical cables
    • G02B6/4415Cables for special applications
    • G02B6/4416Heterogeneous cables
    • G02B6/4417High voltage aspects, e.g. in cladding
    • G02B6/442Insulators
    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4401Optical cables
    • G02B6/4415Cables for special applications
    • G02B6/4416Heterogeneous cables
    • G02B6/4417High voltage aspects, e.g. in cladding
    • G02B6/442Insulators
    • G02B6/4421Insulators with helical structure of optical fibre, e.g. fibres wound around insulators
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01BCABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
    • H01B17/00Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by their form
    • H01B17/14Supporting insulators

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Hermetically sealed fiber optic cables (LW) are conducted through an insulator column consisting of several hollow insulators. The fiber optic cables (LW) are fastened to a support element (TE), whose one end is connected to the reference potential and whose other end is connected to a high voltage. The support element (TR) is characterized by a surface having only limited electrical conductivity. This assures that, as a result of the even field strength distribution thus guaranteed, no impermissibly high voltages are impressed on the fiber optic cable (LW).

Description

ELECTRICAL INSULATOR COLUMN

Backqround of the Invention Thi~ invention relates to the field of in6ulators for high voltage transmission 6ystems and more particularly to an electrical insulator column insulating a high voltage carrying assembly from an electrical reference potential while al~o communicating a fiber optic cable and a gas ~ube between the reference potential and the a6sembly.
Electrical insulator column~ as support6 for high voltage carrying assemblies, are a standard commercial item . For conducting control 6ignalfi from the site of the reference potential to the high voltage conducting components, or for conducting feedback signals from the components to the ~ite of the reference poten~ial, it is po6~ible to utilize fiber optic cables for the signal transmission.
It i6 the object of this invention to provide an electrical insulator column of the type specified above in which the fiber optic cables are mechanically protected and can be conducted from the site of the reference potential to the 6ite of the high voltage withou~ any reduction of the dielectric strength of the sy6tem. It is a further object of thi6 invention to provide an electrical insulator column through which a ~upply o gas at a positive pressure ~an be conducted without any redu~tion of the dielectric strength of the system from the site of the reference potential to the 6ite of high voltage.

summarY of the Invention In accordance with one aspect of this invention, the foregoing object6 are achieved by providing an electrical insulator column consisting of one or more hollow insulators ~0 which are hermetically 6ealed and filled with an insulating material. This electrical insulator column provides mechanical support and electrical insulation of a high voltage carrying assembly from a reference. Conducted through this insulator column in a hermetically sealed manner is one or more fiber optic cables between the high volta~e carrying assembly and the S reference potential. Providing fixed-mounted support for the one or more fiber optic cables is a support element which has a surface conductivity which enables the support element to with~tand the potential difference it spans.
This permits an even voltage distribution along each fiber optic cable which can be further enhanced by having, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the material of the surface of the support element be characterized by a declining specific,impedance as the electrical field ~trength increase Moreover, a conducti~g of a straight, unwound fiber optic cable is possible. Winding of the fiber optic cable would be advantageous from the perspective of dielectric strength; however~ from a mechanical and transmifision perspective, the deformation required of the fiber optic cable ~ould be disadvantageous: in particular, the increased leng~h of a wound fiber optic cable in contrast to a 6traightly conducted routing would substantially increase the attenuation of the transmission path. In addition, a~ least one tube, which i6 hermetically sealed against the insulating ~aterial and elestrically non-conductive, can be wound through the insulator colu~n from the site of the reference potential to the location of the as~embly. Thu~, aside from light transmission, a medium as well can be transported, whose dielectric strength is lower than the dielectric strqngth of the insulating material~incorporated in each hollow insulator.

Brief Description of the Drawinqs While the ~pecification concludes with claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the ~ubject matter which is regarded as the invention, it is believed that the invention will be better under~tood from the following de6cription of the prefereed embodiment taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing6 in which:
Fig. 1 is an exterior view of the insulator column; and Fig. 2 illu~trates the elements in the interior o~ the in~ulator column.

Description of the Preêerred Embodiment6 The depiction in Figure 1 6hows an insulator column which for simplicity'6 ~ake is 6hown only in sections, with hollow compart~ent in6ulators ~1 and H2 filled with in6ulating material, e.g., compres6ed nitrogen ga6, which are connected to each other in a gas-tight arrangement by junction6 Vl and ~2.
The end of hollow compartment insulator H2 facing away from hollow compartment insulator Hl hac a flange F connected ~o a junction V3, to which ga6-tight fiber optic cable connections, e.g. ~he cable connections Ll and L2 a~ well as a 6imilarly ga6-tight connection K for a supply of gas, with a 61ig~t atmospheric positive pre6sure, to be further explained below, are connected. The end of the hollow compartment in6ulator Hl facing away from the hollow compartment insulator H2 has a junction V~ to which again a connecting member AS i~ mounted which is connected in a ~ealed fa6h;0n by means of a non-hermetically sealed hou~ing G as the ~uppor~ of electrical a6semblies which, for example, could include thyristor6 T. The connecting member AS fully ~eals ~he in6ulator column and also 6erves for the sealed conductance of the supply of ga6 and the beam wave guide. For 6implicity's 6ake, ~aid conducting arrangement6 are not shown.
The depiction in Figure 2 diagram6 those element6 which 6erve to transmit the light ~ignal ~upplied over cable connections Ll and L2 to the a66emblies installed in housing G
and which are designed to ~ransmit a gas ~uch as air wi~h a ~h~S~S~.~

61ight positive pressure relative to atmospheric pres~ure into the housing G.
5aid elements include, among others, the suppor~ element TE which has a linear-shaped confi~uration and which i6 conducted inside of the in~ulator column by ~pacers. Around the support element TE is wound a gas-supply tube GV which is made of insulating ma~erial. ~oreover, along the 6upport element TE a number of cable6 are placed, of which only one such cable LW i6 shown in broken lines. The mounting of the 6uppor~ element and thus also of ~he cable LW is handled by the use of contacting fastening elements BE, only one of which has been 6hown for simplicity~s sake. The support element T~
consist6 of insulating ~aterial coated by a lacquer having only limited electrical conductivity, with the ~pecific impedance of lS the lacquer dropping a~ the field 6tren~th increase~. This a~6ure6 that an even voltage di6tribution prevail6, both along the cables, e.g., light guide LW, as well as along the ga~-6upply tube GV. For said purpose the 6upport element T~, 6hown in a truncated ~chematic, is connected via connection A2 to the 6ide conducting the electrical reference potential with 6aid reference potential and connected to the high-voltage conducting ~ide over a connection Al with the high voltage potential. It will now be under6tood that there has been di6clo6ed an improved in6ulating column for the conveyance of a gas-6upply and light 6ignals.
A6 will be evident from the foregoing de6cription, certain aspect6 of the invention are not limited to the particular detail6 of the examples illu6tra~ed, and it i6 therefore contemplated that other modifications or application6 will occur to those 6killed in the art. It i~ accordingly intended that the claims shall cover all 6uch modification6 and applications as do not depart from the true ~pirit and 6cript of the invention.

Claims (6)

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What is claimed as new and desired to be secured as Letters Patent of the United States is:
1. An electrical insulator column having at least one hermetically sealed, hollow insulator filled with an insulating material providing mechanical support and insulation from a reference potential of a high voltage carrying assembly, comprising:
at least one fiber optic cable conducted through the electrical insulator column in a hermetically sealed manner and a support element, providing fixed-mounted support for the fiber optic cable, fixedly mounting o the insulator column, and having a limited electrical conductivity surface enabling the support element to withstand the potential difference of being connected between the high voltage of the site of the assembly and the reference potential site.
2. An insulator column according to claim 1, wherein the support element limited electrical conductivity surface is comprised of a material having a specific impedance which decreased as the electric field strength increases.
3. An insulating column according to claim 1, further comprising at least one electrically non-conductive tube, hermetically sealed against the intrusion of the insulating material, winding through the insulator column from the site of the assembly to site of the reference potential.
4. An insulating column according to claim 2, further comprising at least one electrically non-conductive tube, hermetically sealed against the intrusion of the insulating material, winding through the insulator column from the site of the assembly to site of the reference potential.
5. An insulator column according to claim 3, wherein each electrically non-conducting tube is fixedly mounted to the support element.
6. An insulator column according to claim 4, wherein each electrically non-conducting tube is fixedly mounted to the support element.
CA000486878A 1984-07-18 1985-07-16 Electrical insulator column Expired CA1252656A (en)

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DEP3426536.8 1984-07-18
DE3426536A DE3426536A1 (en) 1984-07-18 1984-07-18 ELECTRIC ISOLATOR COLUMN

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JP (1) JPS6136706A (en)
AT (1) ATE40489T1 (en)
BR (1) BR8503407A (en)
CA (1) CA1252656A (en)
DE (3) DE3426536A1 (en)
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EP0177680A1 (en) 1986-04-16
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