Improvement of flame retardant properties in polyester insulators

Author

Ersoy, A. ; Kuntman, A. ; Ugur, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Istanbul Univ., Turkey

Volume

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

336

Abstract

In this study the effect of boron concentrations on tracking and erosion resistance of polyesters has been investigated. Samples with different boron concentrations were tested in an inclined plane tracking test apparatus. The results indicate that lower concentrations (0.1%-0.2%) of boron prevents the formation of free carbon over the surface of the composite samples and hence the specimens are mostly damaged by the erosion of the surface. However by increasing the boron quantity (0.4%-0.6%) in polyester samples, the tendency of the resulting composites changes again and samples are mostly damaged by surface tracking rather than erosion.

Keywords

boron; composite insulating materials; composite materials; flame retardants; insulator testing; organic insulating materials; polymer insulators; polymers; surface chemistry; surface composition; wear resistance; B; composite sample surface; concentration effect; flame retardant property improvement; inclined plane tracking test apparatus; polyester erosion resistance; polyester insulators; polyester tracking; surface erosion; surface tracking; Boron; Flame retardants; IEC standards; Insulation life; Performance evaluation; Plastic insulation; Polymers; Surface contamination; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid Dielectrics, 2004. ICSD 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8348-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSD.2004.1350359

Filename

1350359