Experimental Study on Compatibility with C4F7N and CF3SO2F Gases and Five Adsorbents
Lü Yichen1,2, Zheng Yu1,2, Zhu Taiyun3, Zhou Wenjun1,2, Li Han1,2
1. State Key Laboratory of Power Grid Environmental Protection Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 China; 2. School of Electrical Engineering and Automation Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 China; 3. State Grid Anhui Electric Power Company Limited Research Institute Hefei 230601 China
Abstract:SF6 is an advantageous insulation gas that is widely applied in electrical equipment all over the world. However, the high global warming potential (GWP) it possesses prevents it from continuous application due to environment-friendly targets. In this circumstance, a variety of environment-friendly insulation gases have entered the field of view of researchers. Perfluoroisobutyronitrile (C4F7N) and trifluoromethylsulfonyl fluoride (CF3SO2F) are two novel environment-friendly gases replacing SF6. Researchers have conducted a bunch of studies to test the dielectric properties and other properties of two gases by different methods. To promote the use of environment-friendly gases in industrial applications, it is necessary to study the compatibility between environment-friendly gases and common adsorbents in electrical equipment. Compatibility means that a kind of material will not have physical changes or chemical changes if contacted by other kinds of material. Recent research indicated that activated alumina is incompatible with C4F7N while there is little research on the compatibility of adsorbents with CF3SO2F. To find out the compatibility between the adsorbents and CF3SO2F and to verify the test methods used in this paper, a series of tests were performed. According to the gas application scheme that the researchers have introduced, 20%C4F7N/80%CO2 mixed gas under 0.6 MPa and 40%CF3SO2F/N2 mixed gas under 0.4 MPa were used for the compatibility test. The mixed gas and the adsorbents were put into gas containers made of stainless steel at 25℃. The GC-MS tests and GC tests aimed to analyze the collected gas after the tests were performed 7 days later. The mass of the adsorbents was measured by precision balances before and after the tests to find out how much weight the adsorbent increased through the adsorption process. The gas and adsorbents test results were compared to find out if the target environment-friendly gas was adsorbed. The adsorption effect of five commonly used adsorbents (3A molecular sieve, 4A molecular sieve, 5A molecular sieve, 13X molecular sieve, and activated alumina) on C4F7N/CO2 and CF3SO2F/N2 gases was experimentally studied. Firstly, the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS ) results show that there is no extra gas produced in both tests for C4F7N and CF3SO2F which indicates that there are no chemical changes during a 7-day test. By detecting the proportion and composition of mixed gases before and after the test through gas chromatography (GC) test, it is found that activated alumina can obviously reduce the proportion of C4F7N by 1.88% which can be converted to 0.257 g while no similar result was observed for CF3SO2F. Other adsorbents will not reduce the ratio of the two gases. The increased mass of the adsorbents was calculated and the increased mass of the activated alumina adsorbent is 0.282 g which is approximately equal to the decreased mass of C4F7N considering the errors in the test. Because GC-MS test result reveals that no chemical change between C4F7N and activated alumina during the test, the adsorption effect is considered physical adsorption. The analysis shows that the CN group of C4F7N molecule has a weak interaction with activated alumina, which leads to its adsorption by activated alumina. Therefore, activated alumina is not suitable for use as an adsorbent in C4F7N gas-insulated equipment, and the five adsorbents involved are all compatible with CF3SO2F.
吕浥尘, 郑宇, 朱太云, 周文俊, 李涵. 五种吸附剂与C4F7N气体及CF3SO2F气体的相容性试验研究[J]. 电工技术学报, 2023, 38(zk1): 196-203.
Lü Yichen, Zheng Yu, Zhu Taiyun, Zhou Wenjun, Li Han. Experimental Study on Compatibility with C4F7N and CF3SO2F Gases and Five Adsorbents. Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society, 2023, 38(zk1): 196-203.
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