Title :
Treeing Inception Voltage of Polyethylenes: Effect of Blending and of Crosslinking
Author :
Nitta, Yoshitaka ; Funayama, Masahiko
Author_Institution :
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry 2-11 Iwatokita, Komaeshi Tokyo 182, Japan
fDate :
4/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes a better insulating material for polyethylene (PE) and cross-linked PE (XLPE) power cables. We blended low density PE with S to 20% high density PE. The treeing inception voltage increased significantly with the high density polyethylene content.
Keywords :
Conducting materials; Electrodes; Needles; Polyethylene; Power cables; Semiconductor materials; Steel; Surface contamination; Trees - insulation; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEI.1978.298063
