Electrical treeing in polyethylene: effect of nano fillers on tree inception and growth

Sridharan, A and Thomas, MJ (2010) Electrical treeing in polyethylene: effect of nano fillers on tree inception and growth. In: 2010 International Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE), 11-14 Oct. 2010, New Orleans, LA.

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Abstract

Treeing in polyethylene based nanocomposite samples as well as unfilled polyethylene samples were studied using 50Hz ac voltage. The tree inception voltage was observed for different types of samples. The tree initiation time as well as the tree growth patterns at a fixed ac voltage have also been studied. The results show that there is an improvement in tree inception voltage with nano filler loading in polyethylene. Different tree growth patterns for both the unfilled polyethylene and the polyethylene nanocomposites have been observed. A slower tree growth was observed in polyethylene nanocomposites. The partial discharge characteristics of unfilled and nano filled polyethylene samples during the electrical tree growth period was also studied. Decrease in PD magnitude as well as in the number of pd pulses with electrical tree growth duration in polyethylene nanocomposites has also been observed. The possible reasons for the improvement in electrical tree growth and PD resistance with the addition of nano fillers are discussed.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	IEEE
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Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Engineering
Date Deposited:	20 Dec 2011 06:31
Last Modified:	20 Dec 2011 06:31
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/39067

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