Electrical Engineering and Automation

December 2013, Volume 2, Issue 4, PP.38-43

Properties of a ZnO Non-linear Resistor

Energized with Power Frequency Sources
Nanfa Zhang, Zhen Sun #, Liuhua Ding
Changzhou TT Elec. Circuitry Protection Technology Co., Ltd, Changzhou Jiangsu Province 213164, P.R. China
#E-mail: 13685205786@163.com

Abstract
The waveshapes of voltage and current of a ZnO non-linear resistor (MOV) were recorded by means of a digital storage oscilloscope
where the MOV were energized with two types of power frequency source of sine-wave, that is, a constant current source and a
constant voltage source. The data sampled by the oscilloscope were studied, based on which some important properties of the MOV
energized with power frequency source were discovered. The discoveries demonstrated that some currently used test methods for
measuring power-frequency parameters of an MOV are not suitable to the MOVs properties, and hence, the new measuring methods
were developed in this paper.
Keywords: ZnO Arrester; Metal Oxide Varistor; Surge Protective Device; Power Frequency Characteristic; Resistive Current;
Power Loss

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MOV

MOV
MOV

(MOV)
(SPD)MOV IR PR

MOV
IRP IEC [1]
IRP
MOV [2]
MOV /
[3]

ZnO

MOV
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 MOV MOV

MOV /
1 MOV 2 MOV 1

1 28ms
4 /
MOV /
/
1 MOV 21
2 MOV

T L-C 70ms
1 2 1
MOV

1 MOV 1 2 MOV 1Arms1

2
2

1 2 MOV MOV
U1mA MOV 10ms)
0U1mAU1mA0
10ms
Sin U1mA / U SM arcsin(U1mA / U SM ) 10/180(ms)

10 0.11arcsin(U1mA / U SM ) (ms)

(1)

U SM MOV
MOV MOV 4
/

1 2 MOV 3 4 MOV

3 iA
MOV 4 iA
3 4 MOV
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/MOV

MOV,
MOV
/

3 MOV (34S-625.1V) 50Hz

12

4 MOV (34S-625.1V) 50Hz

1Arms12

/
MOV /

0.02ms 10mS 500 500 500

10 10ms 50 UV IV
5 6 RV(RV =UVIV
5 34SU1mA=637V USM=945V
6 MOV 34SU1mA=444V, 1.9A

5 MOV 34SU1mA=637V US [ Y 500A]

[ Y 500A]
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 6 MOV 34SU1mA=444V IV UV RV[ Y 500A]

5 6 MOV
1) MOV
MOV
1ms 1.5ms
MOV
5ms 1.316AIVM 2.079A

MOV
MOV

MOV
[4]

MOV

50Hz MOV msmH

25mm MOV 25nH MOV
mH
2) MOV
5 6 MOV RVm
(IVM) MOV [2]MOV
[3].
3) MOV MOV

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 MOV t1
t2 5 t1=3.6ms, t2=2.4ms(=t1 + t2 ) Rapp(Rapp=USM
U1mA) 6MOV 5ms,
5ms 6 4ms 6ms
4)
5 P MOV USUV(UV -US)
US
5)

1)

Q ( IV 0.2ms)
IV0.2ms
2) I av Q / 10ms
3) IP 50 IV
4) Ieff

I eff

1T 2
i dt
T0

i IV dt=0.2msT=10ms
5) 5 6
6) E, 0.2ms UV IV0.2ms

E ( IV U v 0.2ms)
7)E/U1mA
1
1 MOV
1

Q(mC)
7.5
8.55

Iav (A)
0.75
0.855

IP (A)
2.079
1.89

Ieff (A)
1.085
1.561

(ms)
6
8

E(mJ)
5239
4319

E/U1mA(mJ/V)
8.22
9.73

1 ZnO 2
2

MOV
MOV

Iav /IP
0.637
0.362
0.452

Ieff /IP
0.707
0.524
0.826

kP P=kPIPUP
KP=0.5
KP=0.35
KP=0.446

1 2
MOV

MOV

ZnO
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1
4 2
3
/.

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[1]

IEC :11. P.32, Table 4, IEC61643-11(2011)

[2]

IEC:1: P.9, 2.2.3,IEC61051-1 (2007)

[3]

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[4]

N.nagaoka, A.Ametani and K. Inaba, Numerical modeling of a ZnO arresters for surges with steep wavefronts Proceedings of the

Second International Varistor Conference (1988)

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