Review of the performance of high-voltage composite insulators

MZ Saleem, M Akbar - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the present literature survey, we focused on the performance of polymeric materials
encompassing silicone rubber (SiR), ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) and …

Self-healing silicones for outdoor high voltage insulation: mechanism, applications and measurements

FZ Kamand, B Mehmood, R Ghunem, MK Hassan… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper discusses the state of the art in the application of self-healing silicone-based
materials for outdoor high-voltage insulation. Both the dynamic behavior of the dimethyl side …

Performance of silicone rubber composites with SiO2 micro/nano-filler under AC corona discharge

MT Nazir, BT Phung, M Hoffman - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Outdoor insulators are often subject to corona discharges and the problem is becoming
more prevalent with the increasing use of higher transmission voltage levels. For polymeric …

Resistance against AC corona discharge of micro-ATH/nano-Al2O3 co-filled silicone rubber composites

MT Nazir, BT Phung, S Yu, S Li - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Exposure to corona discharge damages the polymeric structure of alumina trihydrate (ATH)
filled silicone rubber composite insulators. In this work, an attempt has been made to …

Reliability analysis of composite insulators subject to multiple dependent competing failure processes with shock duration and shock damage self-recovery

X Kong, J Yang - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent developments in composite insulators highlight the demand for reliability analysis,
and similar to most engineering products, composite insulators experience multiple …

Effects of AC and DC corona on the surface properties of silicone rubber: Characterization by contact angle measurements and XPS high resolution scan

W Bao, X Liang, Y Liu, Y Gao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study utilized a multi-needle corona electrode system to investigate the influence of AC
and DC coronas on the surface properties of high temperature vulcanized (HTV) silicone …

Understanding the surface condition of silicone rubber nanocomposite due to corona aging using AFM imaging and LIBS spectroscopy

B Thangabalan, NJ Vasa, R Sarathi… - … on Dielectrics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicone rubber insulators undergo degradation when they are exposed to corona
discharges. The present study explores the surface degradation behavior of silicone rubber …

Plasma treatment to improve the hydrophobicity of contaminated silicone rubber—The role of LMW siloxanes

S Li, R Zhang, S Wang, Y Fu - IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicone rubber is widely used in power system insulation for its hydrophobicity and
hydrophobicity transfer to prevent pollution flashover. The influence of low molecular weight …

Investigation on surface condition of the corona-aged silicone rubber nanocomposite adopting wavelet and LIBS technique

B Thangabalan, NJ Vasa, B Srinivasan… - … on Plasma Science, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicone rubber nanocomposites were prepared using 1, 3, 5, and 10 wt% of alumina
nanofiller. Corona inception voltage (CIV) due to water droplets was measured using …

Mechanical properties of high-temperature vulcanized silicone rubber under acid-fog with AC energized

Z Zhang, G Pang, MA Xiaodan, T Liang, X Jiang - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to excellent anti-pollution performance, composite insulators have been widely used in
transmission lines. However, composite insulators present various failures after long-term …