• DocumentCode
    1077582
  • Title

    Thermal Erosion of Electrical Insulating Materials

  • Author

    Billings, Malcolm J. ; Warren, Leonard ; Wilkings, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    British Oxygen Company, Crawley, Sussex, England
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1971
  • fDate
    6/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    82
  • Lastpage
    90
  • Abstract
    The erosion of synthetic insulating materials by surface discharges constitutes an important problem in the application of these materials for high-voltage outdoor applications. A method of erosion testing is described that simulates the heat flux from surface discharges by radiant energy from a thermal imaging source. This permits accurate measurement of erosion. A theory of erosion is developed that is found to agree well with experiments performed on several cycloaliphatic epoxy resin systems.
  • Keywords
    Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Epoxy resins; Fault location; Insulation life; Organic materials; Pollution measurement; Surface contamination; Surface discharges; Temperature; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9367
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TEI.1971.299158
  • Filename
    4081642