A study on the origin of space charge accumulation in polymeric HVDC cables

Author

Carstensen, P. ; Jonsson, J. ; Farkas, A.A. ; Campus, A. ; Nilsson, U.H.

Author_Institution

ABB Corp. Res., Vasteras, Sweden

Volume

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

260

Abstract

The paper covers results from a study aimed to elucidate the underlying mechanisms behind accumulation of space charge in polymeric high voltage direct current (HVDC) cables. It was observed that the charges in cable samples were mainly located in the outer part of the insulation while space charge profiles obtained on plaque specimens showed almost symmetrical shapes. In both cables and plaques hetero-charge accumulation was the dominant process. The performed experiments include space charge measurements using a pulsed electro-acoustic (PEA) system on cables with and without outer semi-conductive layer. The results suggest that the migration of polar species from the semi-conductive layers is not a prerequisite for space charge accumulation.

Keywords

XLPE insulation; cables (electric); pulsed electroacoustic methods; space charge; hetero-charge accumulation; insulation; plaques; polar species migration; polymeric high voltage direct current cables; pulsed electro-acoustic system; space charge accumulation; space charge profiles; Cable insulation; Charge measurement; Current measurement; HVDC transmission; Performance evaluation; Polymers; Pulse measurements; Shape; Space charge; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid Dielectrics, 2004. ICSD 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8348-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSD.2004.1350340

Filename

1350340