Title :
Realistic multistress long term aging of 28kV polymeric insulators
Author :
Sundararajan, Raji ; Chapman, Roger ; Nowlin, Robert
Author_Institution :
Arizona State Univ. East, Mesa, AZ, USA
Abstract :
While all materials age (and/or degrade) over time, high voltage outdoor polymeric insulators do more so since they are mostly organic materials that contain inorganic fillers. Long term (thousands of hours), multistress, accelerated aging of polymeric insulators in the laboratory under conditions simulating the actual stresses encountered in the field permits a better understanding of the ongoing mechanisms related to aging and life expectancy of these materials. This article presents the multistress aging studies of 28 kV silicone rubber polymeric insulators under east and west coasts of USA.
Keywords :
ageing; polymer insulators; silicone rubber insulators; USA; east coasts; high voltage outdoor polymeric insulators; inorganic fillers; multistress aging studies; organic materials; realistic multistress long term aging; silicone rubber polymeric insulators; voltage 28 kV; west coasts; Accelerated aging; Inorganic materials; Laboratories; Organic materials; Plastic insulation; Polymers; Rubber; Stress; Thermal degradation; Voltage; FTIR; aging; hydrophobicity; multistress; polymeric insulators; silicone rubber;
Conference_Titel :
Power Systems, 2009. ICPS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kharagpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4330-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4331-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICPWS.2009.5442723
