The electrical trees initiation at different electric field strength in XLPE cable insulation

  • Libin Hu
  • , Yang Xu
  • , Xiangrong Chen
  • , Huachun Li
  • , Yi Feng
  • , Zhigang Ren

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Abstract

In this paper, electrical tree structures once after initiation are presented, and the initiation time of electrical tree at different electric field strength is recorded by the stereomicroscope under continuous voltage. Applied voltage and electrode separation are changed to obtain different field strength. Numerical calculations based on curve fitting show a certain degree of field dependence of the electrical tree initiation time, which leads to a threshold field strength at this experiment system. However, initiation time shows increased dispersion by the decrease of field strength. Even when the field strength is close to the threshold, initiation becomes random. It is inferred that threshold field strength should be considered as an approximate value based on the available experiment results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConference Record of the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation, ISEI 2012
Pages14-17
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 19th IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation, ISEI 2012 - San Juan, PR, United States
Duration: 10 Jun 201213 Jun 2012

Publication series

NameConference Record of IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation
ISSN (Print)0164-2006

Conference

Conference2012 19th IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation, ISEI 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Juan, PR
Period10/06/1213/06/12

Keywords

  • XLPE cables
  • dispersion
  • electrical tree
  • field strength
  • initiation time
  • threshold

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