Fine tuning of electron beam crosslinking of electrical cables and wires by three-dimensional Monte Carlo modeling

Author

Mangiacapra, Luigi ; Ciappa, Mauro ; Fichtner, Wolfgang ; Stangoni, Maria ; Ott, Stephan

Author_Institution

Integrated Syst. Lab., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper, the validity of the dose ratio criterion to define the optimum processing conditions for electron crosslinking of electric cables and wires is investigated. The energy values obtained by different calculation procedures are correlated to the results obtained by simulation with a realistic three-dimensional Monte Carlo model in conjunction with an optimization scheme to define the best dose uniformity in the cable isolation. The study shows that the dose ratio criterion does not provide the best dose uniformity, since the optimum electron beam energy value is usually underestimated.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; cables (electric); optimisation; wires (electric); cable isolation; dose ratio criterion; electrical cables; electrical wires; electron beam crosslinking; optimization scheme; three-dimensional Monte Carlo modeling; Analytical models; Cables; Charge carrier processes; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Laboratories; Monte Carlo methods; Polymers; Research and development; Wires; Electron beam processing; Heuristic procedures; Monte Carlo modeling; Polymer cross-linking; Process optimization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation (ISEI), Conference Record of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1089-084X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6298-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ELINSL.2010.5549832

Filename

5549832