DC electrical conductivity of LDPE-based nanocomposites
Paper in proceeding, 2015

This work presents studies of the effect of nanofillers on dc electrical conductivity of polymeric materials, potentially applicable in high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable insulation. Samples of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) filled with nanoparticles of aluminium oxide (Al2O3) and magnesium oxide (MgO) up to 3 wt% were prepared, on which charging currents were measured at 40 and 60 °C and electric stress of 32 kV/mm. Experimental results for nanocomposites were compared with those of reference LDPE. It was found that the addition of nanofillers led to a significant decrease in electrical volume conductivity and the decline depended strongly on filler type, its content and surface treatment. Further, the influence of specimen thickness on the conductivity was examined for verifying the operating conduction mechanisms. An indication was found that the space charge limited current (SCLC) mechanism dominated the conduction process in the reference material, while this effect ceased for the nanocomposites.

electrical conductivity

Low-density polyethylene

nanocomposite

surface treatment.

charging current

Author

Tuan Anh Hoang

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, High Voltage Engineering

Le Wang

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, High Voltage Engineering

Yuriy Serdyuk

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, High Voltage Engineering

Stanislaw Gubanski

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, High Voltage Engineering

Dongming Liu

Love Pallon

Carmen Cobo Sanchez

Wangshu Li

Ulf Gedde

9th International Conference on Insulated Power Cables, Jicable’15, 21 – 25 June 2015, Versailles – France (2015)

paper B6.5-

Subject Categories

Materials Engineering

Nano Technology

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Areas of Advance

Energy

Materials Science

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10/7/2017