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Flügel Karen

Karen Flügel, M. Sc.


Karen Flügel
Room: 228
Telephone: +49 531 391 7785
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Workgroup: Energietechnologien

Research

  • Untersuchung der elektrischen Festigkeit von Elektrodenanordnungen im Vakuum
  • Emission von Elektrodenanordnungen im Vakuum
  • Investigation of external dielectric of vacuum interrupter
  • Collaboration in the focus group components for power supply in the research group high voltage technology

 

Studentic theses

Open

  • Investigation into increasing electrical strength in a vacuum
  • Seminar presentations on statistics of breakdowns or design criteria for high voltage components
  • Es sind viele Themenfelder aus den laufenden Projekten vorhanden, die in studentischen Arbeit behandelt werden können. Die Themengebiete sind Vakuumleistungsschalter, Hochspannungserzeugung, Hochspannungsprüfkreise und Strahlungsmessung. Bei Interesse finden wir zusammen die passende Aufgabe.

Assigned

  • Investigation of the external electrical strength of a vacuum circuit-breaker with variation of internal shields
  • Investigation of the influence of the brazed seam of inner shields on the electrical strength of vacuum circuit breakers
  • Investigation of the external electrical strength of a vacuum circuit-breaker with variation of the contact gap
  • Hotspot and weak point analysis of a medium-voltage switchgear
  • Determining the lightning impulse withstand voltage of a vacuum test vessel

Finished

  • Commissioning of a vacuum test vessel to determine the electrical strength in a vacuum
  • FEM simulation of contact losses of a medium-voltage switchgear with variation of material and contact pressure
  • Investigation of the external flashover mechanism of a vacuum circuit breaker using a breakdown current measurement
  • Commissioning of an automated control system for a Marx generator
  • Testing of 3D printing technology for prototype production of field control rings
  • Investigations to increase the electrical strength of vacuum interrupter with external field control rings
  • Investigation of the influence of external field grading rings on the electrical strength of vacuum circuit-breakers
  • Requirement analysis for investigations of high temperature superconductors in electric aviation
  • Concepts for superconductor use in aeronautics
  • Investigation of the electrical strength of a vacuum model arrangement
  • planning and conception of a system for optical radiation measurement
  • Entwicklung einer kompakten Ladeschaltung für einen Weil-Dobke-Schwingkreis
  • Untersuchung dynamischer Öffnungskurven von Vakuumschaltern mittels eines regelbaren Servomotors

 

Publications

  • Jesberger, T., Flügel, K., Gentsch, D., Kurrat, M.: Breakdown Current Measurement for Detecting the Initiation of Two-Stage External Flashovers of a Vacuum Interrupter, 9th ITG International Vacuum Electronics Workshop, Bad Honnef, 28.-30. August 2024
  • Flügel, K., Gentsch, D., Kurrat, M.: External Field Control for Vacuum Interrupter, VDE Hochspannungstechnik 2024, Berlin, 11.-13. November 2024
  • Flügel, K., Jesberger, T., Gentsch, D., Kurrat, M.: Effect of External Field Control Ring for Vacuum Interrupter using Lightning Impulse Voltage, IEEE International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE), Berlin, 18.-24. August 2024
  • Flügel, K., Gentsch, D., Kurrat, M.: Additive Manufactured Field Control Ring for Improving External Dielectric of Vacuum Interrupter, 9th ITG International Vacuum Electronics Workshop, Bad Honnef, 28.-30. August 2024
  • Flügel, K., Meyer, T., Gentsch, D., Kurrat, M.: Partial Breakdown Detection in Vacuum Interrupter under Lightning Impulse Voltage, The 23rd International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 28. August - 1. September 2023
  • Flügel, K., Gentsch, D., Kurrat, M.: Overview of Test Methods for Electric Strength of Vacuum Interrupter using Lightning Impulse Voltage, 30th International Symposium on Discharge and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum (ISDEIV), Okinawa, Japan, 25. Juni - 30. Mai 2023
  • Flügel, K., Gentsch, D., Kurrat, M.: Investigations of Lightning Impuls Voltage on Vacuum Circuit Breakers and Comparison of Effects between Industry and Research, 8th ITG International Vacuum Electronics Workshop, Bad Honnef, 2.- 3. September 2022
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