Title :
Long term acid rain multistress performance of Thermoplastic and thermoset polymeric insulators
Author :
Sundararajan, Raji
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Technol., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
fDate :
July 29 2010-Aug. 1 2010
Abstract :
Rain with a pH <; 5.6 is known as acid rain. Acid rain can deteriorate high voltage outdoor polymeric insulators and affect their performance over time. Presented in this paper are the results of a long term (2544h) performance study of 28kV Thermoplastic elastomeric (TPE) and silicone rubber (thermoset) insulators under acid rain multistress conditions of Mexico City, Mexico. The results indicate that the silicone rubber insulators perform better than TPE and there is loss of chemical bonds in both insulators.
Keywords :
air pollution; bonds (chemical); polymer insulators; silicone rubber insulators; Mexico; Mexico City; chemical bonds; high voltage outdoor polymeric insulators; long term acid rain multistress performance; silicone rubber insulators; thermoplastic-thermoset polymeric insulators; voltage 28 kV; Aging; Cities and towns; Plastics; Rain; Rubber; Stress; acid rain; degradation; long term aging; multistres; polymeric insulators; thermoplastic; thermoset;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mangalore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6651-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIINFS.2010.5578646
