Characterization and Statistical Analysis of Breakdown Data for a Corona-Stabilized Switch in Environmentally Friendly Gas Mixtures

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Inhibition Effect of Solid Products and DC Breakdown Characteristics of the HFO1234Ze(E)–N2–O2 Ternary Gas Mixture

“…Given the number of gas molecules, the gas pressure and temperature (298 K), the side length of the simulation cubic box should be 395.21 Å according to the ideal gas law. Based on the research results on the HFO gas insulation characteristics in the literature, , the HFO–N 2 (20/80%) gas mixture system with prominent application potential is selected as the benchmark in this research, identifying as A0. On this basis, keeping the content of HFO unchanged and then replacing 50 N 2 molecules with O 2 , CO 2 , or CF 4 molecules, respectively, to form three HFO ternary gas mixture systems, identifying as A1–A3.…”