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Foreword for the Special Section on AC and DC

Ultra High Voltage Technologies

LONG with the rapid development of its economy, with and without insulator in GIS under VFTO and LI”
A China is facing serious challenges in energy resources.
Coal, hydro, inland wind and solar power are mainly dis-
presents, by Tao Wen et al., experimental investigations on
the discharge characteristics of long SF6 gas gap with and
tributed in the West and North of China. However, power without insulator under VFTO and standard LI. The test results
demand centers locate in Eastern and Central China. Distance are valuable for insulation coordination design of GIS and for
between energy bases and load centers ranges from 800 km improving their insulation tests.
to 3000 km. China needs to develop remote and bulk power Xuebao Li et al. analyze and compare the detailed charac-
transmission to optimize power allocation. teristics in time-domain and the frequency spectrum of DC and
The UHV transmission technologies enable bulk power AC corona-generated audible noise in the paper “Comparison
transmission over remote distances, realize lower line loss, between the audible noises generated single corona source
less footprint and lower cost, facilitate integrated development under DC and AC corona discharge.” The results presented in
of large coal, hydro, nuclear and renewable power bases, and this paper may contribute to an explanation of the generation
therefore optimize energy resource allocation nationwide. The mechanism and the existing results in audible noise measure-
first 1000 kV UHV AC demonstration project and the first ment and analysis from DC and AC transmission lines.
±800 kV UHV DC pilot project were completed and put into The paper “Impact factors in calibration and application of
operation in 2009 and 2010, respectively, in China. field mill for measurement of DC electric field with space
In order to develop the UHV transmission technology in a charges” by Bo Zhang et al. investigates the impact factors in
coordinated and complementary way, the main technical chal- the calibration and application of the field mill for measuring
lenges including transient overvoltage control, external insula- the DC electric field with space charges. The paper also
tion and insulation coordination, electromagnetic environment proposes correct calibration and application methods.
control and UHV equipment need to be solved. Many funda- In the paper “Influence of humidity and air pressure on
mental research projects have been carried out in the past ten the ion mobility based on drift tube method,” positive and
years, which were supported by the National Basic Research negative ion mobility under different humidity and air pressure
Program of China (973 Program-2011CB209400, including is investigated via experiment, and a parameter correction
2011CB209401–2011CB209406). Through those fundamental method used for calibrating the relationship between ion
research and project’s practice, China has mastered the core mobility, humidity, and air pressure is proposed by Yunpeng
technology in both UHV AC and UHV DC transmission. Liu et al.
In this special section, eight papers are published in the An integrated discharge observation platform is investigated
coverage of transient overvoltage control, electromagnetic in the paper “Experiment on leader propagation characteristics
environment control, internal and external insulation of UHV of air gaps in UHVDC transmission towers under positive
systems. switching impulse voltages.” The leader propagation charac-
Firstly, the paper “Charge transport in oil impregnated paper teristics of real size ±800 kV UHVDC transmission tower
insulation under temperature gradient using transient upstream gaps under positive switching impulse voltages (185/2290 µs)
FEM” authored by Shuo Jin et al. establishes a numerical are studied by Xuan Zhou et al.
simulation model of charge transport in insulation based on In the last paper “Characteristics of long air gap discharge
transient upstream FEM. The influence of temperature gradi- current subjected to switching impulse” presented by Yishi
ents on the charge transport in single-layer oil impregnated Yue et al., a carefully designed transient current measurement
paper is discussed using this method. device with a bandwidth of 0–74.45 MHz is presented, which
As the space charge effect is significantly important in makes it possible to acquire the discharge current signal more
UHV DC equipment, the space charge characteristics of dif- accurately. Using this measurement device, the characteristics
ferent types of oils and papers are analyzed, along with the of discharge current in both positive and negative long sparks
mechanism of space charge characteristics discrepancy. A new was obtained and analyzed. It is a commendable attempt to
criterion based on space charge amount for selection of oils lay the foundation of numerical modeling of long sparks.
and papers used in converter transformers is put forward in the We would like to acknowledge the efforts of all authors
paper “Influence of oil paper composition on the space charge for their high-quality papers which have indeed contributed
characteristics” by C.H. Chen et al. significantly to this special section. Also, we are grateful to
The paper “Discharge characteristics of long SF6 gas gap all the reviewers for their thorough and on-time comments

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which helped us greatly in the selection process. Our deep- Xiang Cui (M’97–SM’98) was born in Baoding,
est gratitude goes to the Editorial Board of the journal for Hebei Province, China, in 1960. He received the
B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering
providing this opportunity in presenting our initiative. Finally, from North China Electric Power University, Baod-
we would like to thank all colleagues whose outstanding work ing, in 1982 and 1984, respectively, and the Ph.D.
appears in this special section. degree in accelerator physics from China Institute
of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China, in 1988. He is
currently a Professor and the Head of the Elec-
Guest Editor-in-Chief: tromagnetic and Applied Superconductivity Labo-
ratory, North China Electric Power University. His
Weijiang Chen research interests include computational electromag-
netics, electromagnetic environment and electromagnetic compatibility in
UHV AC Construction Department power systems, insulation, and magnetic problems in high-voltage apparatus.
State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) Prof. Cui is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic
Beijing, China Compatibility and a member of the editorial advisory board of the Interna-
tional Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic
[email protected] Engineering.

Xiang Cui
Electromagnetics and Applied Superconductivity Laboratory
North China Electric Power University
Beijing, China
[email protected]

Weijiang Chen was born in Shandong Province,

China, in 1958. He received the B.Sc. degree from
Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China, and
the M.Sc. degree from China Electric Power Re-
search Institute (CEPRI), Beijing, China, in 1982
and 1985, respectively.
From 1985 to 2005, he was with CEPRI, as a
Professor. He was the Director of the High Voltage
Research Department from 1995 to 2000, and the
Vice President of CEPRI from 2000 to 2005. He
was appointed the President of Wuhan High Voltage
Research Institute from 2005 to 2008. Since 2008, he has been the Vice
Director of UHV Department of State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC),
taking charge of constructing UHV transmission lines of SGCC. His research
interests include overvoltage protection, ultrahigh voltage (UHV) transmis-
sion, insulation coordination, surge arrester, and electromagnetic environment
in power system. He is the author or coauthor of 127 SCI or EI papers, and
the inventor of 23 patents.
Professor Chen is the Chairman of HV Professional Committee of Chinese
Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE) and Chairman of China EMC
Standardization Technology Committee.