Water-tree characteristics and its mechanical mechanism of crosslinked polyethylene grafted with polar-group molecules

• Main Authors: Zheng, Xiao-Xia, Pan, You-Cheng, Sun, Weifeng
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Crosslinked Polyethylene; Polar-Group Molecule
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168556
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In order to restrain electric-stress impacts of water micro-droplets in insulation defects under alternating current (AC) electric fields in crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) material, the present study represents chemical graft modifications of introducing chloroacetic acid allyl ester (CAAE) and mal...