Electrical properties of composite material containing microvaristor and tetrapod ZnO

In recent years, Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) is becoming compact which implies a relatively high electric field in the enclosure. In the result, its compactness can make metallic particles move easily. To suppress the movement of particles in the tank of GIS, the nonlinear resistive coating has been developed [1]. The coating contains the microvaristor. However, the sedimentation of microvaristor often occurs in the microvaristor filled composite. The effective way to prevent sedimentation of microvaristors was found [2]. In the method, adding the special shaped semi-conductive zinc oxide (tetrapod ZnO) is of current interest. In this paper, the role of the second particle on the conduction was discussed.