• DocumentCode
    509739
  • Title

    Water trees in medium voltage XLPE cables: Very short time accelerated ageing tests

  • Author

    Hennuy, B. ; Marginet, J. ; Francois, Alexandre ; Platbrood, G. ; Tits, Y. ; De Clerck, Q.

  • Author_Institution
    Laborelec, Linkebeek, Belgium
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    8-11 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a pragmatic method to assess the resistance of polymeric insulation cables to water treeing. Water trees are produced in 12 days in the polyethylene insulation of a real cable by use of a high frequency, high voltage power supply. The first objective was to provide a source of information for asset management (remaining lifetime estimation of installed cables) but it is also applicable for the assessment of new products and allows a rapid comparison between different materials.
  • Keywords
    XLPE insulation; ageing; power cable insulation; trees (electrical); ageing tests; asset management; high voltage power supply; medium voltage XLPE cables; polyethylene insulation; polymeric insulation cables; pragmatic method; short time acceleration; water trees;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Electricity Distribution - Part 2, 2009. CIRED 2009. The 20th International Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Prague
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-84919-160-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5371293