Comparison of Flashover Voltages and Surface Discharges of Epoxy Resin with Montmorillonite Nanofillers and XLPE Samples with SiO2 and Al2O3 Nanoparticles

Abstract

Polymer nanocomposites have been applied in various industries and in various fields of high voltage engineering. A comparison of two different polymeric materials enriched with wt% of three different nanoparticles: Epoxy resin samples without and with montmorillonite nanoparticles and XLPE samples with two different nanoparticles (SiO2 - Al2O3). Eight different water conductivities and four different water droplet arrangements were used for the experiments carried out for this paper. Furthermore, this paper is taking into consideration a variety of factors in order to show how these affect the surface discharges and flashover voltages.