Electrical Treeing Properties Of Silicone Rubber/Organo Montmorillonite Nanocomposites As An Insulator For High Voltage Applications

Electrical phenomenon that occurred in polymeric insulating material prior to the insulation failure is considered as an electrical treeing. Electrical treeing can bring adverse effect on the reliability of electrical apparatuses and it mostly occurred for high voltage cable. Normally, nanofiller we...

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Main Author:	Abd Jamil, Abdul Azim
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	TK7800-8360 Electronics
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spelling	my-usm-ep.410152018-07-12T07:31:50Z Electrical Treeing Properties Of Silicone Rubber/Organo Montmorillonite Nanocomposites As An Insulator For High Voltage Applications 2015 Abd Jamil, Abdul Azim TK7800-8360 Electronics Electrical phenomenon that occurred in polymeric insulating material prior to the insulation failure is considered as an electrical treeing. Electrical treeing can bring adverse effect on the reliability of electrical apparatuses and it mostly occurred for high voltage cable. Normally, nanofiller were used to retard the electrical treeing, therefore, organo-montmorillonite (OMMT) was chosen as the inhibitors to study the electrical treeing phenomenon. The knowledge on OMMT in the electrical properties field of high voltage insulations is insufficient although it has been proven excellent in other fields. OMMT was mixed with silicone rubber (SiR) which is another well-known material that has been used as polymeric insulating material. The performance of OMMT in SiR to retard electrical treeing was investigated by measuring four parameters which are treeing initiation voltage (TIV), treeing breakdown time (TBT), treeing propagation length (TPL) and electrical treeing growth rate. This performance of OMMT in SiR was compared with unfilled silicone rubber and SiR/SiO2 nanocomposites. Morphological analysis was conducted on samples of SiR/OMMT nanocomposites and SiR/SiO2 nanocomposites by using TEM, FESEM and FTIR. Results from the experiment revealed that the performance of SiR/OMMT nanocomposites were excellent than the unfilled SiR and SiR/SiO2 nanocomposites, plus the OMMT with 5wt% of in SiR recorded excellent results. Another interesting finding in this research was the OMMT layered silicate structure caused SiR to increase electrical properties and inhibit the growth of electrical treeing. Findings and results from the experiments are very useful for researchers in high voltage field in order to clarify the potential of using SiR/OMMT nanocomposites as polymeric insulating material in high voltage application 2015 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/41015/ http://eprints.usm.my/41015/1/ABDUL_AZIM_BIN_ABD_JAMIL_24_Pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Elektrik dan Elektronik
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description	Electrical phenomenon that occurred in polymeric insulating material prior to the insulation failure is considered as an electrical treeing. Electrical treeing can bring adverse effect on the reliability of electrical apparatuses and it mostly occurred for high voltage cable. Normally, nanofiller were used to retard the electrical treeing, therefore, organo-montmorillonite (OMMT) was chosen as the inhibitors to study the electrical treeing phenomenon. The knowledge on OMMT in the electrical properties field of high voltage insulations is insufficient although it has been proven excellent in other fields. OMMT was mixed with silicone rubber (SiR) which is another well-known material that has been used as polymeric insulating material. The performance of OMMT in SiR to retard electrical treeing was investigated by measuring four parameters which are treeing initiation voltage (TIV), treeing breakdown time (TBT), treeing propagation length (TPL) and electrical treeing growth rate. This performance of OMMT in SiR was compared with unfilled silicone rubber and SiR/SiO2 nanocomposites. Morphological analysis was conducted on samples of SiR/OMMT nanocomposites and SiR/SiO2 nanocomposites by using TEM, FESEM and FTIR. Results from the experiment revealed that the performance of SiR/OMMT nanocomposites were excellent than the unfilled SiR and SiR/SiO2 nanocomposites, plus the OMMT with 5wt% of in SiR recorded excellent results. Another interesting finding in this research was the OMMT layered silicate structure caused SiR to increase electrical properties and inhibit the growth of electrical treeing. Findings and results from the experiments are very useful for researchers in high voltage field in order to clarify the potential of using SiR/OMMT nanocomposites as polymeric insulating material in high voltage application
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Abd Jamil, Abdul Azim
author_facet	Abd Jamil, Abdul Azim
author_sort	Abd Jamil, Abdul Azim
title	Electrical Treeing Properties Of Silicone Rubber/Organo Montmorillonite Nanocomposites As An Insulator For High Voltage Applications
title_short	Electrical Treeing Properties Of Silicone Rubber/Organo Montmorillonite Nanocomposites As An Insulator For High Voltage Applications
title_full	Electrical Treeing Properties Of Silicone Rubber/Organo Montmorillonite Nanocomposites As An Insulator For High Voltage Applications
title_fullStr	Electrical Treeing Properties Of Silicone Rubber/Organo Montmorillonite Nanocomposites As An Insulator For High Voltage Applications
title_full_unstemmed	Electrical Treeing Properties Of Silicone Rubber/Organo Montmorillonite Nanocomposites As An Insulator For High Voltage Applications
title_sort	electrical treeing properties of silicone rubber/organo montmorillonite nanocomposites as an insulator for high voltage applications
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Elektrik dan Elektronik
publishDate	2015
url	http://eprints.usm.my/41015/1/ABDUL_AZIM_BIN_ABD_JAMIL_24_Pages.pdf
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