• DocumentCode
    1704759
  • Title

    The initiation and growth of AC tree in polyethylene

  • Author

    Hozumi, Naohiro ; Okamoto, Tatsuki

  • Author_Institution
    Central Res. Inst. of Electr. Power Ind., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    1989
  • Firstpage
    543
  • Lastpage
    547
  • Abstract
    An electrical tree was generated from a semiconducting needle electrode in polyethylene. The process form the initiation to growth up to a few 10s of microns was observed and recorded by an optical microscope simultaneously with the partial discharge measurement. The results on several samples were statistically analyzed to further the understanding of the relationship among tree growth, partial discharge, and branching. Based on the results, a possible qualitative model of tree initiation and initial tree growth is presented
  • Keywords
    electric breakdown of solids; optical microscopy; organic insulating materials; partial discharges; polymers; AC tree growth; branching; electrical tree; optical microscope; partial discharge measurement; polyethylene; semiconducting needle electrode; tree initiation model; Electrodes; Grounding; Needles; Optical microscopy; Partial discharge measurement; Partial discharges; Polyethylene; Semiconductivity; Statistical analysis; Transmission electron microscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Conduction and Breakdown in Solid Dielectrics, 1989., Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Trondheim
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSD.1989.69256
  • Filename
    69256