Comparative evaluation of aging of insulating, material in natural ester and mineral oil

Author

Shim, Myeong-Seop

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Inha Univ., Incheon, South Korea

fYear

2010

fDate

11-14 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

393

Lastpage

396

Abstract

Aging of transformer insulating material in natural ester insulating oil is compared to that in conventional transformer oil. Aging of insulating paper and insulating oil have been studied by performing accelerated thermal aging test. Sealed aging test vessels containing cooper, laminated core, Kraft paper and insulating oil(natural oil or mineral oil) were aged at 140°C for 500, 1000, 1500 hours. Degradation of insulating paper after aging is determined using mechanical insulating paper after aging is determined using mechanical strength.Also, insulating oils after aging are investigated with total acid number, breakdown voltage and viscosity.Accelerated aging studies demonstrate a slower aging rate for natural ester insulating oil compared to the rate for conventional mineral oil.

Keywords

ageing; insulating materials; life testing; transformer oil; accelerated thermal aging test; insulating paper degradation; mineral oil; natural ester insulating oil; temperature 140 degC; time 1000 hour; time 1500 hour; time 500 hour; transformer insulating material; transformer oil; Aging; Minerals; Oil insulation; Petroleum; Power transformer insulation; Viscosity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8283-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHVE.2010.5640745

Filename

5640745