All film power capacitors-degradation under alternating electrical stress of impregnated polypropylene films; effect of the epoxide additive

Author

Sebillotte, E. ; Theoleyre, S. ; Said, S. ; Gosse, B. ; Gosse, J.P.

Author_Institution

Varilec, Pringy, France

fYear

1991

fDate

8-12 Jul 1991

Firstpage

740

Abstract

The aging of impregnated PP (polypropylene) film was carried out on model capacitors at 80°C under 50 Hz AC electrical stress (135 Vrms/μm). The aging is estimated from the local measurement of breakdown voltage of the PP film. The effects on the aging of impurities (electrolyte, water, oxygen) and of epoxide additive, added to the impregnating liquid, were observed. It is shown that the aging of impregnated PP film is greatly amplified by the impurities (electrolyte, water, oxygen) added to the impregnating liquid. Oxygen has the strongest effect. During aging, points in the film having low breakdown voltage expand, which leads to capacitor breakdown and limits in this way its lifetime

Keywords

ageing; electric breakdown of solids; polymer films; power capacitors; 80 degC; AC electrical stress; aging; alternating electrical stress; breakdown voltage; epoxide additive; impregnated polypropylene films; impurities; lifetime; Additives; Aging; Dielectric liquids; Dielectric loss measurement; Dielectric losses; Dielectric measurements; Electrodes; Power capacitors; Stress; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Properties and Applications of Dielectric Materials, 1991., Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-87942-568-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPADM.1991.172172

Filename

172172