Thermal analysis and statistical evaluation of EPR used in nuclear power plants

Author

Ji Yeon Kim ; Dae Hee Park

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Wonkwang Univ., Iksan, South Korea

fYear

2015

fDate

7-10 June 2015

Firstpage

5

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The reliability of the cable depends on production conditions and the insulation material. In this study, an EPR insulator specimen was fabricated for use in experiments. In addition, we selected the Arrhenius model, which is widely used for lifetime prediction, and the Weibull model for statistical analysis. The suitability between the two models was evaluated. The temperature change of material generates variation in the molecular weight and substance. For thermal analysis of EPR was doing an experiment of TGA, OIT, and the activation energy was obtained. The activation energy values was follows: TGA: 1.23[eV], OIT: 1.82[eV]. Because between temperature and life are related to the Arrhenius equation the Weibull distribution, was analyzed using the statistical program MINITAB.

Keywords

nuclear power stations; statistical analysis; thermal analysis; Arrhenius equation; Arrhenius model; EPR insulator; Weibull distribution; Weibull model; insulation material; lifetime prediction; nuclear power plants; production conditions; statistical analysis; statistical evaluation; statistical program MINITAB; thermal analysis; Cable insulation; Mathematical model; Power cables; Stress; Temperature measurement; Thermal analysis; Arrhenius; ethylene-propylene-rubber; insulation; nuclear power plant; statistical analysis; thermal analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation Conference (EIC), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7352-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACACT.2014.7223567

Filename

7223567