Controlling electrical stress of polymeric insulators using zinc oxide microvaristor

Ali Ahmed Salem; Rahisham Abd-rahman; Zulkurnain Abdul-Malek; Kwan Yiew Lau; Nur Ashida Salim

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2023.135202

Controlling electrical stress of polymeric insulators using zinc oxide microvaristor

Ali Ahmed Salem^*
, Rahisham Abd-rahman
, Zulkurnain Abdul-Malek
, Kwan Yiew Lau
, Nur Ashida Salim

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Non-linear field grading materials (FGMs) based on zinc oxide (ZnO) microvaristors have been proposed to control the electric stress and prevent premature aging and degradation of high-voltage insulators near the end fittings. The current work reports on the effectiveness of using a laboratory fabricated ZnO microvaristor in controlling the electric stress on an 11 kV polymeric outdoor insulator. The proposed design involved applying a microvaristor-based compound sheet of varying dimensions onto the insulator core under the silicone rubber housing. Experimental investigations showed that the proposed FGMs improved the performance of the polymeric insulator by 38.9%.

Original language	English
Article number	135202
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	352
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2023.135202
State	Published - 1 Dec 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

(ZnO) microvaristors
Dielectrics
Electric field
Electrical properties
FGMs
Polymers

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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