Drilling effects of corona streamers on insulating films

Author

Zibin, Lu ; Goldman, M. ; Goldman, A. ; Gatellet, J.

Author_Institution

Lab. de Phys. des Decharges, CNRS/ESE, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

fYear

1989

fDate

3-6 Jul 1989

Firstpage

122

Lastpage

126

Abstract

The interactions of streamers with polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films were studied experimentally. Streamers impinging on polymers subjected to corona discharges were found to add localized disruptive effects to the dispersed chemical effects produced by the corona-activated gas. The time elapsing before disruption of a polymer film has been used to analyze the phenomenon as function of the foil thickness and the discharge current. It is shown that there are at least two different possible mechanisms of disruption, ion sputtering which has been observed on PE films, and another mechanism, observed on PP and PET films, which produces blistering effects like tears

Keywords

corona; electric breakdown of solids; organic insulating materials; polymer films; PE films; PET films; PP film; blistering effects; corona discharges; corona streamers; corona-activated gas; discharge current; dispersed chemical effects; drilling effects; foil thickness; insulating films; ion sputtering; localized disruptive effects; polyethylene film; polyethylene terephthalate; polymer film; polypropylene; tears; Chemicals; Corona; Dispersion; Drilling; Insulation; Plastic films; Polyethylene; Polymer films; Positron emission tomography; Sputtering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Conduction and Breakdown in Solid Dielectrics, 1989., Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Trondheim

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSD.1989.69173

Filename

69173