Stress grading materials for cable terminations under fast rise time pulses

Author

Espino-Cortes, F.P. ; Jayaram, Shesha H. ; Cherney, Edward A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

2005

fDate

16-19 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

621

Lastpage

624

Abstract

The paper discusses the material properties and designs of stress coatings for cable terminations that can help to reduce the negative effects of the stepped voltages preset in voltage source converters. Simulations using a finite element method in the time domain, as well as experimental measurements of stress grading materials are presented in this study. The use of two layers is suggested as an alternative design to reduce the hot spot temperature in conductive stress grading coatings.

Keywords

composite materials; electric connectors; electrical conductivity; finite element analysis; power convertors; time-domain analysis; cable termination; composite materials; conductive stress grading coating; fast rise time pulses; finite element method; material design; material properties; stress grading material; time domain analysis; voltage source converter; Coatings; Composite materials; Conducting materials; Converters; Powders; Power cables; Power conversion; Silicon carbide; Stress; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 2005. CEIDP '05. 2005 Annual Report Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9257-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEIDP.2005.1560759

Filename

1560759