The Correlation Mechanism that Micro-Structure Parameters of ZnO Varistor to the Macroscopic Electrical Characteristics

As the core part of metal oxide arresters, ZnO varistor plays an important part in suppressing the overvoltage of power systems. With the development of UHV technology, the residual voltage and energy capacity of ZnO varistors have put forward higher requirements. The research is carried out from the perspective of material calculation, studied the correlation mechanism between micro-structure parameters and various macroscopic electrical characteristics of ZnO varistor based on Voronoi network. And the microstructure parameters such as grain size and size inhomogeneity were calculated and studied. The study simplified the optimization problem with multiple variates and objectives, into the one with two categories of variates and two categories of objectives. And then proposed specific strategies. The research provides important theoretical basis for improving the performance of ZnO varistors, and witch is of great significance for the design and manufacture of high-performance lightning arresters.