it is necessary to substitute SF6/N2gas mixture for SF6gas as insulation medium in electric power equipment. In this paper
advantages of SF6/N2mixtures are discussed. The insulation performances of the SF6/N2gas mixtures with different SF6contents are analyzed according to gas discharge theory.The results show that: the critical field strength of the SF6/N2gas mixture with 20% of SF6in volume reaches 70%that of pure SF6under same pressure
and the SF6/N2gas mixture with 20% SF6can achieve the same critical field strength with that of pure SF6if the pressure of the mixture is 1.4 times of that of pure SF6. The 0.6 MPa 20%SF6/80%N2gas mixture insulated 550 kV busbar developed by New Northeast Electric Group High Voltage Switchgear Co.
Ltd. has passed the insulation tests in High Voltage Apparatus Quality Test & Research Center of Machinery Industry(Shenyang)
and its lightning impulse withstand level reaches to 1 842.5 kV.