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Granted Patent B2
US 10,476,251 · App. 15/549,737 · Granted Nov 12, 2019

Set of high-voltage cables and method for producing a set of high-voltage cables

Inventors: Gerd Heidmann (Berlin, DE); Aniela Leistner (Hoppegarten OT Birkenstein, DE); André Leistner (Hoppegarten OT Birkenstein, DE); Daniel Siebler (Berlin, DE); Philipp Rohwetter (Berlin, DE); Wolfgang Habel (Berlin, DE); Ronald Plath (Berlin, DE)
Assignees: IPH Institut “Prueffeld fuer elektrische Hochleistungstechnik” GmbH; Polymerics GmbH; HPS Berlin GmbH Hochspannungspruefungen & Beratung
H02G15/046G01R31/1272H01B3/46H02G1/14H02G15/02H02G15/064H02G15/068H02G15/184H01B9/006H02G15/003
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Patent No.
US 10,476,251
App. No.
15/549,737
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-voltage device for receiving a high-voltage cable having a conductor designed to conduct an electrical current and a cable insulation surrounding the conductor, includes an insulation and a waveguide. The insulation includes an at least partly transparent or translucent field control unit from a siloxane polymer which is designed to at least partly surround the cable insulation of the high-voltage cable, the siloxane polymer including, in at least one portion of the field control unit, covalently bonded fluorophores and/or dielectric pigments. The waveguide is arranged such that a light signal caused by a partial discharge in the field control unit can be coupled from the field control unit into the waveguide.

Claims (22)

1. A high-voltage cable accessory for the accommodation of a high-voltage cable with a conductor set up for the conduction of electrical current and a cable insulation surrounding the conductor, comprising:

an insulation comprising a field control part, which is transparent or translucent at least in some regions and which comprises a siloxane polymer, wherein the field-control part is set up to surround the cable insulation of the high-voltage cable at least partly, and wherein the siloxane polymer contains fluorophores at least in one partial zone of the field-control part, wherein the fluorophores are coupled covalently to the siloxane polymer and/or to dielectric pigments embedded in the siloxane polymer; and

a waveguide forming a part of the insulation is arranged such that a light signal caused by a partial discharge in the field-control part can be coupled from the field-control part into the waveguide.

2. The high-voltage cable accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the waveguide is disposed at least partly in the field control part and/or at least partly on a surface of the field-control part.

3. The high-voltage cable accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the waveguide is covalently modified with fluorophores in the core and/or cladding.

4. The high-voltage cable accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the waveguide comprises the siloxane polymer or a further siloxane polymer.

5. The high-voltage cable accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the field-control part has a conductive deflector, which can be contacted with a cable shielding of the high-voltage cable,

and/or wherein the deflector comprises the siloxane polymer or a further siloxane polymer.

6. The high-voltage cable accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the siloxane polymer contains various fluorophores and/or wherein the fluorophores of the field-control part are selected such that they are able to convert a fraction of the light signal into radiation in a wavelength region in which the siloxane polymer has a higher transparency than in the wavelength region of the fraction of the light signal, and/or wherein the fluorophores of the field-control part can be excited in a wavelength region below 500 nm, and/or wherein the fluorophores of the field-control part are selected and disposed such that pairs of different fluorophores in the field-control part are able to act as FRET pairs.

7. The high-voltage cable accessory according to claim 1 , wherein a reflectivity of the dielectric pigments is greater than 0.8.

8. The high-voltage cable accessory according to claim 1 , wherein a proportion by mass of the fluorophores is higher than 5 ppmw, and/or a concentration of the dielectric pigments is higher than 1% by vol.

9. The high-voltage cable accessory according to claim 1 , wherein the high-voltage cable accessory is a cable junction box or a cable termination.

10. A high-voltage device comprising a high-voltage cable accessory according to claim 1 and an optical detector, which is coupled with the waveguide.

11. The high-voltage device according to claim 10 , further comprising, coupled with the optical detector, a control and evaluation unit, and/or a light source, which is connected to the control and evaluation unit and is disposed inside a housing of the high-voltage cable accessory.

12. A method for the production of a high-voltage cable accessory for the accommodation of a high-voltage cable with a conductor set up for the conduction of electrical current and a cable insulation surrounding the conductor, comprising:

formation of a field-control part, which is transparent or translucent at least in some regions and which comprises a siloxane polymer;

arrangement of the field-control part in a housing of the high-voltage cable accessory, so that the field-control part is able to surround the cable insulation of the high-voltage cable at least partly; and

arrangement of a waveguide in the housing in such a way that the siloxane polymer contains, at least in one partial zone of the field-control part, fluorophores that are covalently coupled to the siloxane polymer and/or to dielectric particles embedded in the siloxane polymer, and/or dielectric pigments, and such that a light signal caused by a partial discharge in the field-control part can be coupled from the field-control part into the waveguide.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the formation of the field-control part comprises the mixing of a siloxane system with the fluorophores and/or dielectric pigments for formation of a mixture, the introduction of the mixture and/or of a portion of the waveguide into a mold and/or the polymerization of the mixture in the mold.

14. The method according to claim 12 , comprising the arrangement of the waveguide and/or of the dielectric pigments on a surface of the field-control part.

15. Use of a siloxane polymer containing fluorophores and/or dielectric pigments as insulation of a high-voltage device, wherein the fluorophores are covalently coupled to the siloxane polymer and/or to dielectric particles embedded in the siloxane polymer.

16. Use according to claim 15 , wherein the insulation contains a field control part.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2019
From: BAM BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG
To: IPH INSTITUT "PRUEFFELD FUER ELEKTRISCHE HOCHLEISTUNGSTECHNIK" GMBH; POLYMERICS GMBH; HPS BERLIN GMBH HOCHSPANNUNGSPRUEFUNGEN & BERATUNG
Reel/Frame 049200/0078 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2017
From: HEIDMANN, GERD; LEISTNER, ANIELA; LEISTNER, ANDRÉ; SIEBLER, DANIEL; ROHWETTER, PHILIPP; HABEL, WOLFGANG; PLATH, RONALD
To: IPH LNSTITUT "PRUEFFELD FUER ELEKTRISCHE HOCHLEISTUNGSTECHNIK" GMBH; POLYMERICS GMBH; HPS BERLIN GMBH HOCHSPANNUNGSPRUEFUNGEN & BERATUNG; BAM BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG
Reel/Frame 043652/0745 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 107 479 · May 12, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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