The effect of calcium carbonate and calcined clay micro filler materials on the electrical characteristics of polyvinyl chloride for cable insulation

The effect of calcium carbonate and calcined clay micro filler materials on the electrical characteristics of polyvinyl chloride for cable insulation

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is widely used as cable insulation for low voltage application. In order to strengthen the electrical properties of the material, some additives have to be added. In this project, various fillers were compounded with PVC. The main parameters that have been studied were diele...

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Main Author: Azmi, Mohd. Asyraf Reduan
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spelling my-utm-ep.95402018-07-19T01:51:22Z The effect of calcium carbonate and calcined clay micro filler materials on the electrical characteristics of polyvinyl chloride for cable insulation 2008-05 Azmi, Mohd. Asyraf Reduan TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is widely used as cable insulation for low voltage application. In order to strengthen the electrical properties of the material, some additives have to be added. In this project, various fillers were compounded with PVC. The main parameters that have been studied were dielectric strength, and the dispersion of PVC molecules. The polymer structure of PVC was altered after undergo high voltage stress and it can be related to the breakdown voltage value. The type of fillers that were used in this experiment is Calcium Carbonate NCC-P 1T, Neolite SP, and Calcined Clay. Firstly the density of each test objects was measured using density meter and the value obtained must within the SIRIM specification. Then the dielectric strength test was done under AC stress to observe the breakdown properties. It is observed from the tests that when the density or Specific Gravity (SG) of test sample increased, the breakdown voltage also increased. But after the highest value, the dielectric strength started to show degradation characteristic event though the density is kept increasing. This phenomenon occurred to all formulation of filler materials. The experimental results also show that PVC compounded with 10 wt% of Calcium Carbonate Neolite SP produces the highest breakdown voltage and excellent dispersion. PVC cost also can be reduced by the addition of filler material. The analysis depicted that PVC combined with 10 wt% of CaC03 Neolite SP provides the best profile of cost saving. 2008-05 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9540/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9540/1/MohdAsyrafReduanMFKE2008.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:872?site_name=Restricted Repository masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering [1] Marino Xanthos, “Functional fillers for plastics�, 1st edition, 2005 [2] George Wypych, “Handbook of Fillers�, 2nd edition, 1998. [3] H.Zhang, “Electrical surface resistance, hydrophobicity, and diffusion phenomena in PVC�, IEEE Trans on Electrical Insulation, Vol. 6, February 1999. [4] R.E Wetton, “Effect of physical aging of polymers on dielectric permittivity and loss values over wide tempreature and frequency ranges�, Polymer laboratories, UK [5] American Standard for Test Measurement (ASTM), “Dielectric Breakdown Voltage Test�, ASTM D149. [6] Jaroslav Lelak, “Diagnostics of medium voltage PVC cables by dissipation factor measurement at very low frequency�, IEEE International Symposium, Boston, 2002. [7] John Murphy, �Additives for Plastics Handbook�, Elsevier Advanced Technology, 1996. [8] Charles H. Kline, “Reinforcement and Fillers for Plastics�, 1980 [9] Harry S.Katz,�Handbook of Fillers for Platics�, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company of Publication, 1987. [10] YS Lim, “Comparison between micro-filler and Nano- filler material on the Dielectric Strength of PVC cable�, journal of Elektrika, UTM, September 2007. [11] MM Yaacob, YS Lim, �The effect of filler material on the physical characteristics of PVC cable�, IEM journal, University Technology of Malaysia, Malaysia, 2006. [12] Industrial Resins Malaysia,�Annual Report on Manufacturing and Production�, 2007. [13] M.R Wertheimer, �Dielectric permittivity, conductivity, and breakdown characteristics of polymer-mica composites�, IEEE Trans on Electrical Insulation, Vol. E1-12, April 1977. [14] IEEE Standards, �IEEE Standard Techniques for High-Voltage Testing�, March, 1995.
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
Azmi, Mohd. Asyraf Reduan
The effect of calcium carbonate and calcined clay micro filler materials on the electrical characteristics of polyvinyl chloride for cable insulation
description Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is widely used as cable insulation for low voltage application. In order to strengthen the electrical properties of the material, some additives have to be added. In this project, various fillers were compounded with PVC. The main parameters that have been studied were dielectric strength, and the dispersion of PVC molecules. The polymer structure of PVC was altered after undergo high voltage stress and it can be related to the breakdown voltage value. The type of fillers that were used in this experiment is Calcium Carbonate NCC-P 1T, Neolite SP, and Calcined Clay. Firstly the density of each test objects was measured using density meter and the value obtained must within the SIRIM specification. Then the dielectric strength test was done under AC stress to observe the breakdown properties. It is observed from the tests that when the density or Specific Gravity (SG) of test sample increased, the breakdown voltage also increased. But after the highest value, the dielectric strength started to show degradation characteristic event though the density is kept increasing. This phenomenon occurred to all formulation of filler materials. The experimental results also show that PVC compounded with 10 wt% of Calcium Carbonate Neolite SP produces the highest breakdown voltage and excellent dispersion. PVC cost also can be reduced by the addition of filler material. The analysis depicted that PVC combined with 10 wt% of CaC03 Neolite SP provides the best profile of cost saving.
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author Azmi, Mohd. Asyraf Reduan
author_facet Azmi, Mohd. Asyraf Reduan
author_sort Azmi, Mohd. Asyraf Reduan
title The effect of calcium carbonate and calcined clay micro filler materials on the electrical characteristics of polyvinyl chloride for cable insulation
title_short The effect of calcium carbonate and calcined clay micro filler materials on the electrical characteristics of polyvinyl chloride for cable insulation
title_full The effect of calcium carbonate and calcined clay micro filler materials on the electrical characteristics of polyvinyl chloride for cable insulation
title_fullStr The effect of calcium carbonate and calcined clay micro filler materials on the electrical characteristics of polyvinyl chloride for cable insulation
title_full_unstemmed The effect of calcium carbonate and calcined clay micro filler materials on the electrical characteristics of polyvinyl chloride for cable insulation
title_sort effect of calcium carbonate and calcined clay micro filler materials on the electrical characteristics of polyvinyl chloride for cable insulation
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2008
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9540/1/MohdAsyrafReduanMFKE2008.pdf
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