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A spatial-frequency-resolved Schlieren photography was developed for the temporally-sequential visualization of the size-selected, multi-directional turbulent structures induced by the arc discharge in a model type gas circuit breaker. The Schlieren-based method was applied to the atmospheric-pressure DC 55-A arc discharge under gas blasting of 100%CO2, 90%CO210%C2F6 or 80%CO220%C2F6, where C2F6 was used as a substitute additive of commercially available polyatomic molecules. The visualization results clearly demonstrated that strong non-reproducible turbulence existed only for the C2F6-blended CO2 gases. The turbulence size was smaller with increasing the radial distance from the arc. The arc-discharge-induced turbulence showed circular structures in 1–5 mm diameters, which was peculiar to the C2F6-blended CO2 gases. The turbulence existence realizes high interruption performance of gas circuit breakers, which provided a new aspect for the search on the SF6-alternative gases.
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The authors like to thank Profs. Kunihiko Hidaka and Katsumi Suzuki of Tokyo Denki University, Prof. Takeshi Shinkai of Tokyo University of Technology, Dr. Tomoyuki Nakano of Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, and Dr. Debasish Biswas of Toshiba Corporation for their support during this work. The authors express gratitude to Prof. Tatsutoshi Shioda of Saitama University for the useful discussion on this work. This work was supported in part by a grant of the Specially Promoted Research Projects from Japan Power Academy.
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Y. I. conceived the concept of the spatial-frequency-resolved Schlieren sensor and wrote the main manuscript. Y. I. and A. K. designed the experiments. Y. I., R. K., Y. H., Y. M., Y. T., and Y. N. conducted the experiments. R. K. and Y. H. analyzed the experimental results. Y. T., M. S., and T. F. conducted numerical simulations supporting the interpretation of the experimental results. All authors reviewed and approved the manuscript.
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Inada, Y., Kikuchi, R., Hirano, Y. et al. Spatial-frequency-resolved schlieren sensor for turbulence visualization in arc discharge. Plasma Chem Plasma Process (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-023-10415-x
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