DECREASING OF THE ELECTRICAL ENERGY LOST USING WELDING ON COGGED SURFACES
GEORGESCU BOGDAN, GEORGESCU VALERIU
“DUNAREA DE JOS” UNIVERSITY OF GALAŢI, ROMANIA
Abstract
The welding on cogged surfaces between aluminium and copper to be useful so as to replace the mechanical aluminium-metal contact with the copper-metal contact. The possible applications in this respect have been analyzed for the following concrete directions: The welding of electric aluminium conductor bars; The sheathing of electric aluminium conductor bars; The sheathing of the aluminium clips. The contact electric resistance measurements made with a CA 10 Microhmeter indicates negligible values of 1-5 µ?. These values are constant in time during the exploitation of the electrical contact (tests during months of exploitations were also performed). The temperature in the contact area was measured with a Therma Cam PM 675 PAL thermographic camera. The efficiency of the sheathing is obvious if we were to consider the overheating inside the substation with only 3°C as compared to the 30-40°C normally existing there in the case of classical joints.