Influence of morphology on tree growth in polyethylene

Author

Zhou, Yuanxiang ; Luo, Xiaoguang ; Yan, Ping ; Liang, Xidong ; Guan, Zhicheng ; Yoshimura, Noboru

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Appl. Electron. Technol., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

194

Lastpage

197

Abstract

It is well known that electrical trees are greatly influenced by the morphological structure in semi-crystalline materials. In this paper, samples of polyethylene films, including low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) have been re-crystallized by two kinds of different ways: natural cooling and quenching. The growth rate and the length of electrical trees were measured under the various conditions. It was found that electrical trees in HDPE grow easier than that in LDPE, even though HDPE is of high crystallinity and large spherulites size and show high resistance in tree initiation. It was presumed that the morphology is of different effects on the tree initiation and growth

Keywords

polyethylene insulation; polymer films; polymer structure; quenching (thermal); recrystallisation; trees (electrical); HDPE; LDPE; crystallinity; morphological structure; natural cooling; polyethylene film; quenching; recrystallization; semi-crystalline material; spherulite size; tree growth; tree initiation; Amorphous materials; Crystallization; Electric variables measurement; Morphology; Needles; Polyethylene; Shape; Temperature; Trees - insulation; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulating Materials, 2001. (ISEIM 2001). Proceedings of 2001 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Himeji

Print_ISBN

4-88686-053-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEIM.2001.973610

Filename

973610