Investigation on electrical treeing characteristics of thermally aged XLPE cable

Author

Samee, A. ; Li, Z.H. ; Zhang, C.H. ; Huang, Z.P.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Autom., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin, China

fYear

2009

fDate

19-23 July 2009

Firstpage

437

Lastpage

440

Abstract

Power cable insulation is subjected to thermal aging during its service life due to applied load or environmental conditions. Thermal aging may influence not only the electrical and physiochemical properties but also the initiation and propagation characteristics of electrical trees. In this paper we have investigated the electrical treeing behavior of XLPE cable insulation after accelerated thermal aging by using a physicochemical approach. Our results show that thermal aging have a strong influence on electrical tree growth. Thermo-oxidation-induced changes retard the electrical tree growth instead of promoting it. The probable factors which contribute towards this electrical tree retarding behavior are discussed in detail.

Keywords

XLPE insulation; ageing; oxidation; power cable insulation; trees (electrical); Thermo-oxidation-induced changes; accelerated thermal aging; electrical treeing; environmental conditions; load conditions; physicochemical approach; power cable insulation; thermally aged XLPE cable; Aging; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Educational technology; Electric breakdown; Equations; Life estimation; Power cables; Temperature dependence; Thermal stresses; Trees - insulation; FTIR; Thermal aging; electrical treeing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Properties and Applications of Dielectric Materials, 2009. ICPADM 2009. IEEE 9th International Conference on the

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4367-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4368-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPADM.2009.5252397

Filename

5252397