MV cable termination failure assessment in the context of increased use of power electronics

Author

Patel, Utkarsh ; Jayaram, Shesha H. ; El-Hag, Ayman ; Seetahpathy, Ravi

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

5-8 June 2011

Firstpage

418

Lastpage

422

Abstract

In this work, the performance of cable termination used in the context of increased use of power electronics is studied. The experimental work analyses the cable termination degradation process when exposed to steep front non-sinusoidal voltage waveforms. The Partial Discharge (PD) measurements are carried out before and after the accelerated aging experiment to study the insulation degradation under high frequency medium voltage stress. Results obtained from the surface temperature measurements using infra red camera are also used in the analyses.

Keywords

electric connectors; failure analysis; insulation; partial discharge measurement; power electronics; MV cable termination failure assessment; PD measurement; cable termination degradation process; high frequency medium voltage stress; infrared camera; insulation degradation; partial discharge measurement; power electronic; steep front nonsinusoidal voltage waveform; surface temperature measurement; Cable insulation; Partial discharges; Power cables; Pulse width modulation; Stress; Surface waves; Temperature measurement; PWM; accelerated aging; cable termination; high frequency waveform; hot-spot; pulse; smart grid; thermal behaviour;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation Conference (EIC), 2011

Conference_Location

Annapolis, MD

ISSN

pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0278-5

Electronic_ISBN

pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EIC.2011.5996190

Filename

5996190