Title :
Corona resistance of epoxy nanocomposites
Author :
Iyer, G. ; Gorur, R.S. ; Krivda, A. ; Camara, V.H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr., Energy & Comput. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Epoxy composites with micro, nano and micro + nano silica fillers have been evaluated for their resistance to corona using point plane electrodes. The experiments were conducted for 500 hours and the surface erosion was measured after every 100 hours using a surface profilometer. The results show significant improvement in corona resistance of micro+nanofilled samples and nanofilled samples when compared with the microfilled samples and unfilled materials respectively. The results emphasize the importance of good filler dispersion.
Keywords :
corona; electrodes; nanocomposites; corona resistance; epoxy nanocomposites; filler dispersion; microfilled samples; nanosilica fillers; point plane electrodes; surface erosion; surface profilometer; time 100 hour; time 500 hour; unfilled materials; Corona; Degradation; Nanocomposites; Silicon compounds; Surface resistance;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), 2011 Annual Report Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cancun
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0985-2
DOI :
10.1109/CEIDP.2011.6232658
