Development and testing of medium voltage power cables with water treeing retardant materials

Author

Wen, Y. ; Foulger, S.H. ; Cinquemani, P.L. ; Peruzzotti, F. ; Zaopo, A.

Author_Institution

Pirelli Cable & Syst. North America, Lexington, SC, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

7-10 Jun 1998

Firstpage

534

Abstract

As a result of recent research work within the Pirelli Cable laboratories to improve the resistance of standard crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) to water treeing, a specific nonionic surfactant additive has been identified, which significantly increased the water treeing resistance of polyethylene-based insulating material for power cables. Electrical testing on full size cables made to the AEIC Specifications with the newly developed material demonstrated significant effectiveness in retarding water treeing and excellent electrical performance after long term wet aging as compared to a standard and commercially available treeing retardant XLPE

Keywords

XLPE insulation; ageing; insulation testing; power cable insulation; power cable testing; trees (electrical); AEIC Specifications; Pirelli Cable; crosslinked polyethylene; electrical testing; long term wet aging; medium voltage power cables; nonionic surfactant additive; water treeing retardant materials; Additives; Cable insulation; Electric resistance; Laboratories; Medium voltage; Polyethylene; Power cables; Surface resistance; Testing; Trees - insulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation, 1998. Conference Record of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

ISSN

1089-084X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4927-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ELINSL.1998.694850

Filename

694850