• DocumentCode
    1160668
  • Title

    Threshold voltage for electrical tree inception in underground HV transmission cables

  • Author

    Bamji, S.S. ; Bulinski, A.T. ; Chen, Y. ; Densley, R.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    402
  • Lastpage
    404
  • Abstract
    Experimental evidence is provided to show that irreversible aging which leads to electrical treeing in polymeric insulation such as low-density and crosslinked polyethylene used in HV transmission cables, does not start at local fields between 5 and 20 kV/mm. It is shown that a much higher stress is required for electrical tree inception and that the electroluminescence inception voltage is the threshold voltage at which the polymer starts to degrade
  • Keywords
    electric breakdown of solids; electroluminescence; organic insulating materials; polymers; power cables; underground cables; LDPE; XLPE; aging; electrical tree inception; electrical treeing; electroluminescence inception voltage; polymeric insulation; underground HV transmission cables; Aging; Cable insulation; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Plastic insulation; Polyethylene; Polymers; Stress; Threshold voltage; Trees - insulation; Underground power cables;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9367
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/14.135612
  • Filename
    135612