{"title":"AC partial discharge characteristic at minute air gap under non-uniform electric field","authors":"M. Kida, T. Kawashima, Y. Murakami, M. Nagao","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352078","url":null,"abstract":"For a raise of the miniaturization and reliability of various electric power apparatuses, it is important to clarify the partial discharge characteristic in their insulation part. In many case, partial discharge may occur under the non-uniform field. So, it is necessary to understand the partial discharge characteristic under non-uniform electric filed. Partial discharge inception voltage (PDIV) was measured under AC voltage application using needle-plane electrode system. Partial discharge inception electric field (PDIE) was estimated using COMSOL that is a general purpose physical simulation software. When the air gap distance was below 50 μm and the tip radius was 10, 30 and 60 μm, PDIE at the needle tip was almost the same as the electric field estimated by the Paschen curve. In this case, it is considered that PDIV may be decided by the electric field at the needle tip and that the emission of initial electrons plays very important role in the partial discharge process. However, when the needle tip radius was 10 or 30 μm and the air gap distance became 50 μm, PDIE at the needle tip became higher than the electric field strength estimated by the Paschen curve. In this latter case, it is considered that even if initial electron was emitted from the needle tip, the electric field was not enough to develop the detectable electron avalanche. From our experiment, the electric field strength necessary to the detectable partial discharge development is estimated to be about 67 % of the electric field strength necessary to the initial electron emission from the needle tip.","PeriodicalId":432404,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122436752","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":"Introducing free volume in strongly dipolar polymers to achieve high dielectric constant","authors":"Yash Thakur, Minren Lin, Shan Wu, Q. Zhang","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352046","url":null,"abstract":"Advances in modern electronics require the development of polymer-based dielectric materials with high dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, and high thermal stability. Fundamental dielectric theory suggests that strongly dipolar polymers have the potential to realize a high dielectric constant. In order to achieve high thermal stability, these polymers should also possess a high glass transition temperature Tg. However, it has been observed in many dielectric polymers that the dielectric constant decreases markedly at temperatures below Tg due to dipole freezing. This study shows that a high energy density polymer with low loss and high operating temperature can be realized in a family of weakly-coupled strongly-dipolar polymers, such as aromatic urea and thiourea. Our experimental results uncover that disorder (or blending) in these polymers leads to a significantly larger free volume at temperatures far below Tg, thereby enabling easier reorientation of dipoles in response to an electric field. The net result is a substantial enhancement in the dielectric constant while preserving low dielectric loss and very high breakdown field. The results here pave the way for creating high energy density polymers with low loss and high operating temperature.","PeriodicalId":432404,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124929692","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":"Mixed Weibull distribution model of DC dielectric breakdowns with dual defect modes","authors":"A. Andersen, J. Dennison","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352017","url":null,"abstract":"This work provides physical insight into common statistical models for DC dielectric breakdown field strengths. Voltage step-up tests were performed on low density polyethylene films. The merits of generalizations to widely-used empirical Weibull models are discussed. The cumulative probability distributions of the breakdown fields were fit to standard two- and three-parameter Weibull distributions. Mixed two-parameter Weibull distributions, sometimes used in the literature to model multiple breakdown modes, were found to yield the best fits to the data. In addition, the same data were fit to a physically-motivated dual-defect mean field model incorporating both low- and high-energy defect modes with different defect densities; this produced a much better fit than single-defect mean field models. Values obtained for the mean defect energies and densities were within the ranges expected from independent determinations of these intrinsic materials properties. By incorporating these physics-based concepts into traditionally empirical models, their accuracy and utility can be extended. The mixed Weibull distribution and the dual-defect model predicted very similar cumulative distributions of LDPE breakdown data, suggesting that mixed Weibull distributions may reflect similar multiple defect modes used in dual-defect models. Theories of DC breakdown, based on distributions of microscopic defects in disordered insulating materials may provide improved guidance in understanding the physical origins of empirical parameters used in statistical methods to characterize breakdown properties.","PeriodicalId":432404,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128743715","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}
Yong Yi, Chuyan Zhang, Yuanjiu Wang, Zhengying Chen, Liming Wang
{"title":"Influence of surface contamination of conductor on positive corona-generated audible noise spectrum characteristics of HVDC system","authors":"Yong Yi, Chuyan Zhang, Yuanjiu Wang, Zhengying Chen, Liming Wang","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7351996","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7351996","url":null,"abstract":"Surface contamination of high-voltage direct-current power transmission lines has a large influence on corona characteristics. The audible noise of the polluted conductors is much higher than clean conductors. Little is known about the effect of the surface conditions of conductors on spectrum characteristics of the positive corona-generated audible noise under a high voltage. In order to investigate the influence of surface contamination produced by atmospheric pollution on the spectrum of the audible noise, this paper presented the measurement of spectrum characteristics of the audible noise of positive corona discharge in a laboratory corona cage. We researched the influence of deposition and relative permittivity of the contamination on the spectrum characteristics of the positive corona-generated audible noise. The relationships among these factors were consequently acquired. The results revealed that the spectral components of the audible noise of clean conductor were obviously different with the increase of the applied voltage. The spectral components (>1kHz) of the polluted conductors were much higher than those of the clean conductors. The contamination adhering to the surface of conductors affected spectral components (>1kHz) much more obviously than low spectral components, and the results were analyzed in this paper. The conclusion lays a foundation for researching the influence of the surface conditions on the corona-generated audible noise.","PeriodicalId":432404,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128389585","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":"Effect of nanoparticles on space charge behavior of XLPE/SiC nanocomposites","authors":"Youyuan Wang, C. Wang","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352033","url":null,"abstract":"Nanoparticles have a huge specific surface areas, which may produce a special interface between particles and polymer matrix in nanocomposites. It is effect to improve the electrical and mechanical properties of XLPE insulation materials by adding nanoparticles. By using SiC nanoparticles with diameter of 40nm, the samples with concentration of 1wt%, 3wt% and 5wt% have been prepared. This paper researches on the effect of SiC nanoparticles on space charge behavior of XLPE/SiC nanocomposites. The test results show that all nanocomposites can suppress space charge accumulation, in which the nanocomposites with concentration of 1wt% have the best effect. Meanwhile, there are heterocharges near electrodes in XLPE and XLPE/SiC nanocomposites with concentration of 5wt%. On the contrary, there are homocharges near electrodes in nanocomposites whose concentration is 3wt%. This phenomenon may be caused by different amount of shallow traps in nanocomposites with different concentrations, which may cause different mobility of electrons or holes in nanocomposites.","PeriodicalId":432404,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"196 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114867652","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}
Tomoyuki Izutsu, D. Odaka, M. Komatsu, Y. Ohki, M. Mizuno, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Naofumi Chiwata
{"title":"Terahertz and far-infrared spectroscopic estimation of vinyl acetate content in ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer","authors":"Tomoyuki Izutsu, D. Odaka, M. Komatsu, Y. Ohki, M. Mizuno, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Naofumi Chiwata","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7351988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7351988","url":null,"abstract":"For the purpose of estimating the content of vinyl acetate (VA) in ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), optical absorption spectra were measured in a frequency range from 0.5 to 21.0 THz for sheets of EVA containing different contents of VA from 12 to 60 % by weight and a sheet of low-density polyethylene containing no VA. As a result, it has become clear that EVA exhibits relatively sharp absorption at 2.5, 6.7, and 10.5 THz and rather broad absorption at 11 to 17 THz and 17 to 20 THz. All these absorption peaks and bands are in proportion to the content of VA, up to certain frequency-dependent contents. Using these proportionalities, the content of VA in EVA can be estimated quantitatively. Especially, the absorption at 2.5 THz shows a good accuracy similar to the method recommended by an international standard.","PeriodicalId":432404,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116683411","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":"Thermal and dielectric properties evaluation of low density polyethylene - Boron Nitride - Carbon Black nanocomposites","authors":"H. Couderc, M. Frechette, É. David","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352150","url":null,"abstract":"Preparation of nanocomposites with several nanofillers is a promising way to tailor the physical properties of materials. In this work, Boron Nitride and Carbon Black were chosen as additives. Both are thermally conductive but Boron Nitride is an electric insulator where Carbon Black is conductive. The allying of their properties should produce materials with high thermal conductivity and tailored electrical conductivity. Crystallinity rate, normalized to the LDPE content, and melting temperature remained unchanged at 33 wt% and 105°C respectively. The BDS measurements exhibited a tremendous increase of both real and imaginary parts of the permittivity above 4 wt% of CB (more than 8 orders of magnitude), translating into a sharp increase of conductivity as the percolation threshold of CB is reached. Thermo Gravimetric, Dielectric Breakdown Strength and Thermal Conductivity measurements were also conducted to complete this study. As a conclusion, allying hBN and CB nanoparticles lead to a promising way to tailor both the permittivity and the conductivities of LDPE-based composites.","PeriodicalId":432404,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129875154","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}
Dongdong Zhang, Zhijin Zhang, Yang Zhongyi, Liu Youchao, Xingliang Jiang
{"title":"Effects of soluble constituents on insulator flashover performance and flashover voltage prediction","authors":"Dongdong Zhang, Zhijin Zhang, Yang Zhongyi, Liu Youchao, Xingliang Jiang","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352057","url":null,"abstract":"Pollution materials affect insulator flashover performance, and there is long-term significance in researching it. In this paper, common kinds of nitrates were used as the soluble pollution, and the ac flashover tests of typical glass insulator were carried out. During the tests, the samples were polluted by dipping method. Also, up-and-down method was used to obtain the insulator flashover gradients under different pollutants and ESDD values. Basing on the test data, the effects of nitrates on insulator flashover performance were analyzed. Research results indicate that, using the current method to calculate the flashover gradient of insulator polluted with nitrates, the relative error will reach 24%; Flashover gradient of insulator under nitrates is higher than that under NaCl; KNO3 corresponds to lower flashover gradient while Ca(NO3)2 corresponds to a higher one; The pollution characteristic b of glass insulator under nitrates is within 0.18 - 0.25; The flashover gradient EL of glass insulator polluted by single or mixed nitrate can be expressed by 25.6×ESDD-0.21.","PeriodicalId":432404,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125499812","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":"Aging effect on oil cooling capacity of a non-guided disc windings power transformer","authors":"K. S. Kassi, I. Fofana, M. Farinas, C. Volat","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352049","url":null,"abstract":"Many transformers around the world are serving close to or beyond their design life. In these important asset, cores and coils losses cause heating and energy losses within the core decreasing their efficiency and shortening their life expectancy. The aim of this contribution was to study the aging effect on mineral oil cooling capacity of power transformers. The oil aging effect on its viscosity and its physicochemical properties is also reported. A 2D axisymmetric thermo-fluid numerical model was developed with COMSOL Multiphysics to study the cooling capability of oil aged at different levels. The results show that the oil viscosity increase considerably with aging and its physicochemical properties are also affected. It was found that sludge as oil oxidation byproduct contributes to the widening of hot spots in the transformers with non-guided disc windings.","PeriodicalId":432404,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133374297","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":"Pre-breakdown arcing as proxy for DC dielectric breakdown testing of polymeric insulators","authors":"A. Andersen, J. Dennison","doi":"10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CEIDP.2015.7352084","url":null,"abstract":"Pre-breakdown arcing is proposed as a key indicator of DC breakdown properties of polymeric dielectric materials. Voltage step-up tests were performed for films of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) at ramp rates significantly lower than is common in most studies, allowing for the observation of both breakdown and transient pre-breakdown current spikes. The distributions of the breakdowns versus applied field were compared with the more frequent pre-breakdown arcs. A strong correlation was observed for LDPE between the distribution of breakdowns in step-up tests and the distribution of pre-breakdown arcing. Pre-breakdown arcing distributions are much easier to obtain than breakdown distributions and may be an efficient indicator of the minimum field at which breakdown can occur, leading to accelerated test methods. The possible physical origins underlying pre-arcing and its relation to breakdown distributions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":432404,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP)","volume":"22 24","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131840604","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}