Insulating Material Development for the Design of Standoff Insulators Fed by Hybrid Voltage
Innovative electrical assets are being developed in transmission and distribution, as well as in electrified transportation, from ships to aerospace. In general, power electronics have to master the whole power supply, being the driver of high specific power, low weight and volume components, in add...
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| description | Innovative electrical assets are being developed in transmission and distribution, as well as in electrified transportation, from ships to aerospace. In general, power electronics have to master the whole power supply, being the driver of high specific power, low weight and volume components, in addition to enabling flexible and highly variable power flow. In these conditions, electrical and electronic insulation systems will have to withstand new types and levels of electric stresses, while still maintaining its reliability throughout its whole design life. This paper presents a study on the interrelation between insulating material properties and surface field of standoff insulators. The aim is mainly to provide indications on material properties which can be tailored to provide a robust, reliable and optimised insulator design that will hold for any type of electrical stress the insulation will have to withstand during operation. Specifically, we focus on ac and dc supply, including voltage transients, which could feed the same insulator depending on operation, according to a hybrid asset paradigm. The challenge is, indeed, to establish a pattern to material and insulation system design which takes into account the differences between the types of electrical stress profile and magnitude when insulators are supplied either in a dc or in ac, in order to infer which type of material characteristics would be more appropriate for the sake of life and reliability. The main contribution of this paper is to show that engineering the values of bulk and surface conductivity (which can be done selecting appropriate materials or modifying them, e.g., by nano-structuration) and modelling surface discharge inception would allow the electric field profile to be stabilised whatever the shape of the applied waveform. This will enable us to reach a reliability target that not only accounts for macroscopic phenomena, but also for the likelihood of extrinsic accelerated aging mechanism occurrence as partial discharges. In such a way, optimization of conditions to improve life, reliability, design and creepage and clearance characteristics can be achieved. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc11d917d4c544de8a2643b2603841062023-12-03T12:45:56ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442022-08-011515530710.3390/ma15155307Insulating Material Development for the Design of Standoff Insulators Fed by Hybrid VoltageGian Carlo Montanari0Riddhi Ghosh1Robin Ramin2Debasish Nath3Center for Advanced Power Systems, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USACenter for Advanced Power Systems, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USACenter for Advanced Power Systems, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USACenter for Advanced Power Systems, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USAInnovative electrical assets are being developed in transmission and distribution, as well as in electrified transportation, from ships to aerospace. In general, power electronics have to master the whole power supply, being the driver of high specific power, low weight and volume components, in addition to enabling flexible and highly variable power flow. In these conditions, electrical and electronic insulation systems will have to withstand new types and levels of electric stresses, while still maintaining its reliability throughout its whole design life. This paper presents a study on the interrelation between insulating material properties and surface field of standoff insulators. The aim is mainly to provide indications on material properties which can be tailored to provide a robust, reliable and optimised insulator design that will hold for any type of electrical stress the insulation will have to withstand during operation. Specifically, we focus on ac and dc supply, including voltage transients, which could feed the same insulator depending on operation, according to a hybrid asset paradigm. The challenge is, indeed, to establish a pattern to material and insulation system design which takes into account the differences between the types of electrical stress profile and magnitude when insulators are supplied either in a dc or in ac, in order to infer which type of material characteristics would be more appropriate for the sake of life and reliability. The main contribution of this paper is to show that engineering the values of bulk and surface conductivity (which can be done selecting appropriate materials or modifying them, e.g., by nano-structuration) and modelling surface discharge inception would allow the electric field profile to be stabilised whatever the shape of the applied waveform. This will enable us to reach a reliability target that not only accounts for macroscopic phenomena, but also for the likelihood of extrinsic accelerated aging mechanism occurrence as partial discharges. In such a way, optimization of conditions to improve life, reliability, design and creepage and clearance characteristics can be achieved.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/15/5307standoff insulatorsbushingsdc and ac supply voltagedesign optimizationhybrid supplyelectrified transportation assets |
| spellingShingle | Gian Carlo Montanari Riddhi Ghosh Robin Ramin Debasish Nath Insulating Material Development for the Design of Standoff Insulators Fed by Hybrid Voltage Materials standoff insulators bushings dc and ac supply voltage design optimization hybrid supply electrified transportation assets |
| title | Insulating Material Development for the Design of Standoff Insulators Fed by Hybrid Voltage |
| title_full | Insulating Material Development for the Design of Standoff Insulators Fed by Hybrid Voltage |
| title_fullStr | Insulating Material Development for the Design of Standoff Insulators Fed by Hybrid Voltage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Insulating Material Development for the Design of Standoff Insulators Fed by Hybrid Voltage |
| title_short | Insulating Material Development for the Design of Standoff Insulators Fed by Hybrid Voltage |
| title_sort | insulating material development for the design of standoff insulators fed by hybrid voltage |
| topic | standoff insulators bushings dc and ac supply voltage design optimization hybrid supply electrified transportation assets |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/15/5307 |
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