Mychal P. Spencer, A. Sriraman, Bill Glass, L. Fifield
{"title":"3D Frequency Domain Reflectometry Digital Twin of an Electrical Cable: A First Glance","authors":"Mychal P. Spencer, A. Sriraman, Bill Glass, L. Fifield","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985387","url":null,"abstract":"Electrical cables within nuclear power plants (NPPs) are critical components required for power, control, and instrumentation systems which may be exposed to stressors, such as elevated temperatures and gamma radiation. Such stressors can lead to a reduction in the remaining useful life of electrical cables, jeopardizing the safety of NPP systems. To evaluate the effect of stressors on the degradation of electrical cables, electrical reflectometry methods are commonly employed. Frequency domain reflectometry (FDR) is a non-destructive electrical reflectometry method that uses transmission line theory to detect degradation or impedance changes within electrical cables. However, in most cases FDR is only applied to de-energized cables, limiting the application in NPPs as the cable system must be taken offline. In this work, we explore the development of an FDR digital twin to predict the degradation of an electrical cable exposed to elevated temperature, which is expected to reduce the need for offline FDR. A 3-conductor low-voltage electrical cable was selected for evaluation of the digital twin. The fully three-dimensional digital twin was developed in COMSOL using the radio frequency module. A cable length of 30-m and frequency bandwidth of 400 MHz was selected to mimic real-world application of FDR. Over a 1-m region, the permittivity of the insulation was varied by up to 20% to model thermal degradation. The results demonstrate accurate detection of the insulation damage region, supporting further investigation of the FDR digital twin using real-world data and machine learning for predictive damage estimation or remaining lifetime.","PeriodicalId":374945,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"34 7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116593022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Influence of Short-Width SiC Pulses on the Partial Discharge Inception Voltage of Turn-Turn Insulation","authors":"A. Rumi, A. Cavallini","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985315","url":null,"abstract":"Short-width voltage waveforms, here as short as one microsecond, are good approximation of the turn-turn electrical stresses in machine fed by converters with very short rise times. This study shows that partial discharge inception voltage of turn-turn models under such circumstances is higher than the one for longer pulses, possibly challenging the idea that the extremely short rise times are always correspondent to worse inception conditions for the insulation.","PeriodicalId":374945,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129897009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xi Yang, Shenglong Zhu, Shaorui Qin, Xuhai Zhan, Lijuan Zhu
{"title":"Analysis of Temperature Rise Characteristics and Current Carrying Capacity of Overhead Conductor","authors":"Xi Yang, Shenglong Zhu, Shaorui Qin, Xuhai Zhan, Lijuan Zhu","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985343","url":null,"abstract":"With the rapid development of economy, there is a higher demand for the transmission capacity of transmission lines. In this paper, the dynamic calculation of conductor current carrying capacity is carried out by numerical calculation method; Considering the influence of the air gap inside the conductor on the temperature distribution of the conductor, the radial temperature gradient model of the conductor is established, and the radial temperature distribution equation of the conductor is obtained. Based on the simplified equivalent thermal conductivity, the electrothermal coupling numerical calculation is carried out to study the radial temperature distribution of the conductor, and the effects of wind speed, ambient temperature and applied current on the temperature rise of the conductor are analyzed. It has played a positive supporting role in improving the transmission capacity of existing lines and ensuring the safe, stable and reliable operation of the power grid.","PeriodicalId":374945,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130872017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An integrated physics-based framework to predict insulation degradation under low and high-voltage electric field","authors":"M. Yazdani, R. Hebner, Wenping Zhao, C. Lents","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985273","url":null,"abstract":"This research developed a model to support the design and specification of a minimum size power cable for electrified aircraft. This model combines the effects of key processes on cable life. Validation against carefully setup experimental counterpart is underway.","PeriodicalId":374945,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133816388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shabaz Khan, N. Dyrstad-Cincotta, Junior Nasah, Ajit Bhat, James Rickson, M. Mann
{"title":"Electrostatic Lubricant Filter Design Study","authors":"Shabaz Khan, N. Dyrstad-Cincotta, Junior Nasah, Ajit Bhat, James Rickson, M. Mann","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985356","url":null,"abstract":"Oil cleaning is a time consuming and expensive task for power plant and wind turbine industry. Electrostatic Lubricant Filtration (ELF) is a lubricant cleaning system currently undergoing field demonstration testing on turbine oil at powerplants to alleviate contaminated oil concerns.This study presents the ELF technology field test experimental data compared with theoretical governing equations simulation data. From the comparison result it’s found that simulation data highly matched with the field test data. The validation of theoretical governing equations with field data facilitates future development and optimization of the electrostatic lubrication filtration technology, with the potential of expanding application to other industries.","PeriodicalId":374945,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"136 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133075017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of a Cable System for a High-Power Density MVDC Aircraft Electric Power System","authors":"Arian Azizi, Mona Ghassemi, Jane Lehr","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985375","url":null,"abstract":"Electric power systems (EPS) for the future generation of electrified aircraft such as more electric aircraft (MEA) and all electric aircraft (AEA) are required to be high power delivery and low system mass. Due to the limited heat transfer by convection at the cruising altitude of a wide-body aircraft, designing cables for high power delivery and low system mass electric power systems (EPSs) based on typical standards e.g., IEC 60502 faces challenges such as thermal limits of the typical insulation systems. To design a low system mass cable system, aluminum should be used as the conductor and the overall diameter of the cable should be decreased. The former increases the joule losses of the cable, and the latter reduces heat transfer by radiation and convection, both resulting in exceeding the cable’s maximum permissible temperature. In this paper, a multi-layer insulation system for a ±5kV cable is designed for aircraft applications. The designed multi-layer insulation system experiences higher thermal conductivity and contains high-temperature materials such as AlN, PI, and PFA to compensate for the overall heat transfer reduction caused by decreasing the cable’s overall diameter. The designed multi-layer cable has a smaller thickness and a lower mass compared to insulation systems designed based on IEC 60502 standard. To determine the electric field and temperature field distributions across the designed insulation system a coupled study in COMSOL Multiphysics has been conducted. The main purpose of this study is to compare the designed multi-layer cable system’s overall diameter and mass to the cables designed based on IEC 60502 standard. Moreover, the obtained electric field distribution across the designed insulation shows that the designed insulation system is electrically safe.","PeriodicalId":374945,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132571556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In situ Measurement of Capacitors under High Hydrostatic Pressure","authors":"M. Bekker, P. Pieterse, D. Uhrlandt","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985248","url":null,"abstract":"The application of pressure tolerant medium- and high voltage electronic circuits in deep-sea environments, requires pretesting of all electrical or electronic components. A laboratory measurement technique is presented with which capacitance can be determined over a range of frequencies while the capacitor is under high hydrostatic pressure, using a pressure vessel, a benchtop impedance analyser and standard consumables. A test circuit and method are presented to demonstrate how to compensate for the parasitic impedances caused by unavoidably long test leads. Experiments were performed to evaluate the method and results are presented to show the observed effect of pressure on capacitance for three different capacitors: metallised film polypropylene, film foil polypropylene and multilayer ceramic.","PeriodicalId":374945,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114543501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Investigation of Mechanical Properties and Breakdown Strength of Polypropylene/Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Nanocomposites","authors":"Phichet Ketsamee, T. Andritsch, A. Vaughan","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985254","url":null,"abstract":"This work studies the effects of surface-modified magnesium oxide (MgO) nanofiller on the mechanical properties and AC breakdown strength of polypropylene (PP) and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) composites. The inclusion of nanoparticles results in improved interfacial interactions as a consequence of the transition from separate crystallization to co-crystallization. Thus, nano-MgO enhances the breakdown strength of PP/UHMWPE by acting as a compatibilizer between the PP/UHMWPE. UHMWPE decreases Young’s modulus and ultimate tensile strength while increasing elongation at yield point in the PP matrix. PP/UHMWPE has increased elasticity due to weak interfacial adhesion. The addition of nano-MgO, however, promotes stronger bonding between PP and UHMWPE phases, providing stiffer composites than those without MgO. There are no apparent differences between PP/UHMWPE and PP/UHMWPE/MgO regarding ultimate tensile strength. It is obvious that the dielectric breakdown strength and elastic enhancement are significantly influenced by the interfacial adhesion between the polymers.","PeriodicalId":374945,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133590764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insulation System Characterization of High Frequency High Voltage Transformers","authors":"F. Guastavino, S. Galbiati, B. Massa, E. Torello","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985332","url":null,"abstract":"This work reports the use of the Partial Discharge (PD) measurement technique as a tool for the investigation of High Frequency/High Voltage Pulsed (HF/HVP) transformers for motorsport application. PD technique is successfully applied to monitor the status of the internal insulation of these devices. Insight about the ageing and failure mode of the internal insulation system is obtained. PD technique proves to be a valuable diagnostic tool for HF/HVP transformers.","PeriodicalId":374945,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"504 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116202212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation on AC Dielectric and Breakdown Properties of Fluorinert Liquid-Impregnated Insulation Paper","authors":"Lejia Song, Liming Wang, F. Yin","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP55452.2022.9985322","url":null,"abstract":"With the expanding scale of UHV transmission projects, the lack of high-performance insulation combinations has threatened the safe operation of the power system. Phase-change material with suitable thermal stability and insulation characteristics is gradually being applied to high-voltage power electronic devices as refrigerants. Oil-paper insulation technology has been extensively studied, but no systematic compatibility tests are focusing on refrigerants and insulation materials. In this paper, Perfluoro-compound (FC-72) and Perfluoroheptano (EC74) were selected to study the compatibility with insulating paper at room temperature. By carrying out power-frequency breakdown voltage test, dielectric loss characteristics test, and SEM detection, electrical characteristic curves at different stages and temperatures, surface and profile microscopy images of two electronic fluoride liquid-impregnated insulating paper were obtained. Whether from the macro or micro perspectives, it can be proved that compatibility of FC-72 with insulating paper were significantly better than FC-74, and it also helps to improve the electrical resistance and aging resistance of insulating paper, which means FC-72 can be used as an alternative to excellent insulating oil for transformers.","PeriodicalId":374945,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127099491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}