A method and a facility for filling a high- or medium-voltage gas-insulated electrical apparatus in which the insulating gas comprises a mixture of heptafluoroisobutyronitrile ((CF.sub.3).sub.2CFCN) and carbon dioxide. The method and the facility using a mixture of (CF.sub.3).sub.2CFCN and CO.sub.2 in pressurised liquid form which is heated to a temperature no lower than the critical temperature of the mixture.

A circuit breaker system has an SF6 tank having a wall, and an SF6 heating system. The SF6 heating system includes a heater disposed externally of the tank, and a radiator disposed on the wall inside the SF6 tank. The radiator is thermally coupled to the heater via the wall. The heating system is constructed to conduct heat from the heater through the wall to the radiator. The radiator is constructed to radiate the heat to the SF6 in the tank. A circuit breaker system has an SF6 tank having a wall, and a particle trap. The particle trap has a spar extending radially inward from the wall and a wing extending outward from each side of the spar. Each wing is spaced apart from the wall and forms a region having no electric field at the bottom of the tank adjacent the spar.

The present disclosure provides a method for modifying a gas density relay and a gas density relay having an online self-check function and a check method therefor. The gas density relay having an online self-check function is used for high-voltage and medium-voltage electrical devices, and includes a gas density relay body, a gas density detection sensor, a gas path blocking pressure regulation mechanism, an online check contact signal sampling unit and an intelligent control unit. The intelligent control unit controls a blocking member of the gas path blocking pressure regulation mechanism to move, so as to block a gas path between a first interface and a second interface. Moreover, a volume of a sealed cavity changes, a gas pressure of the gas density relay body slowly falls, thereby generating contact action, the contact action is transmitted to the intelligent control unit by means of the online check contact signal sampling unit, and the intelligent control unit detects an alarm and/or blocking contact signal action value and/or return value according to a density value during the contact action, such that check can be completed without maintenance personnel on site, and the reliability and efficiency of a power grid are greatly improved while cost is lowered.

A container for storing and transporting a dielectric insulation medium, including: a container interior for containing the dielectric insulation medium, and connecting means for connecting the container to an electrical apparatus of medium or high voltage and filling a housing of the electrical apparatus with the dielectric insulation medium, said dielectric insulation medium being a mixture of an organofluorine compound or a mixture of organofluorine compounds as component A, the molar percentage of component A being in a range from 1 to 15 mol %, and a carrier gas compound or a mixture of carrier gas compounds other than an organofluorine compound as component B.

The component B may include nitrogen, the molar percentage of nitrogen in the dielectric insulation medium being at least 65 mol %, and the minimum storage and transportation temperature of the container is equal or higher than the cricondentherm of the insulation medium.

The invention relates to a system and method for managing gas within one or more receptacles in one or more locations. The system and method comprises a control system that is configured to analyse data relating to gas transfer operations to identify gas leaks and to calculate the rate of any gas leaks identified.

A sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) insulated circuit breaker system has a tank constructed to hold a quantity of SF6; a circuit breaker having contacts insulated by the SF6; a heater operative to supply heat to the SF6; and a thermal capacitor in conductive engagement with the tank, and operative to store heat energy and constructed to conduct the heat energy to the SF6 in the tank. A thermal energy storage system for a sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) insulated circuit breaker system having a tank storing a quantity of SF6 includes a thermal capacitor operative to store heat energy and constructed to engage the tank and conduct the heat energy to the SF6 in the tank.

The modification method for the gas density relay, the gas density relay with the online self-check function and the check method thereof provided by this application are used for high-voltage and medium-voltage electrical equipment, including a gas density relay body, a gas density detection sensor, a temperature regulating mechanism, an online check contact signal sampling unit and an intelligent control unit. Regulate temperature rise and fall of the temperature compensation element of the gas density relay body through the temperature regulating mechanism, which leads to a contact action of the gas density relay body, the contact action is transferred to the intelligent control unit through the online check contact signal sampling unit, and the intelligent control unit detects the operating value and/or return value of the contact signal of the gas density relay body based on the density value at the time of contact action. The gas density relay check can be completed without maintainer at the site, so as to realize free maintenance, greatly improve the reliability of power grid, increase work efficiency and reduce the cost.

The disclosure relates to a gas insulated electric apparatus, which includes an enclosure, an electric high voltage appliance arranged inside the enclosure and a permeation barrier arranged within the enclosure and circumferentially surrounding the electric high voltage appliance, whereby the enclosure contains an insulation gas including at least 70% by volume of CO.sub.2 and including an elevated and pre-determined operating gas pressure level, and the permeation barrier includes a permeation layer surrounded on at least one side by a flow promoter layer and/or a surface activation and/or primer layer.

The application provides a modification of gas density relay, a gas density relay with online self-check function and its check method for high-voltage and medium-voltage electrical equipment. The gas density relay includes a gas density relay body, a gas density sensor, a pressure regulating mechanism, a valve, an online check contact signal sampling unit and an intelligent control unit. The pressure is increased or decreased by the pressure regulating mechanism to enable the contact action of the gas density relay body. The contact action is transmitted to the intelligent control unit through the online check contact signal sampling unit. The intelligent control unit detects the alarm and/or blocking contact signal operating value and/or return value of the gas density relay body according to the density value of the contact action; the check of the gas density relay can be completed without maintenance personnel on site. It has remote reading function to realize free maintenance and significantly improve the reliability of the power grid and the work efficiency, as well as reduces the O&M cost.

A gas leakage detection system 1 with high detection accuracy for a remaining gas amount and a gas leakage amount of an insulation gas 28 in a container 27 forming a electrical apparatus 2 is provided. The gas leakage detection system 1 includes: the electrical apparatus 2 including: the container 27 to which a power distribution apparatus 29 is fixed and in which the insulation gas 28 is contained; a plurality of divided spaces 21 in the container 28 divided in parallel with a ground; a plurality of temperature sensors 22 which detects temperature of the insulation gas 28 and which is positioned in the plurality of the divided spaces 22; and a pressure sensor 23 which detects a pressure in the container 27; and a monitor 3 which calculates the remaining gas amount Mg of the insulation gas 28 remaining in the container 27 based on the temperature Ta and Tb of the insulation gas 28 detected by the plurality of the temperature sensors 22 and the pressure Pg of the insulation gas 28 detected by the pressure sensor 23.