Inhibiting liquid permeation into silicone rubber by superhydrophobic coating for prolonged service life

Liquid permeation into silicone rubber (SR) may lead to the degradation or complete failure of the composite insulators. Aiming to inhibit liquid permeation, two kinds of superhydrophobic coatings are applied to the SR surface. The liquid permeation properties of SR with different types of liquids a...

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Main Authors: Liu, Shuming, Zhou, Ying, Zuo, Zhou, Liu, Shuqi, Wang, Qian, Chen, Zhong, Liang, Xidong
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1700082023-08-25T15:44:12Z Inhibiting liquid permeation into silicone rubber by superhydrophobic coating for prolonged service life Liu, Shuming Zhou, Ying Zuo, Zhou Liu, Shuqi Wang, Qian Chen, Zhong Liang, Xidong School of Materials Science and Engineering Engineering::Materials Liquid Permeation Silicone Rubber Liquid permeation into silicone rubber (SR) may lead to the degradation or complete failure of the composite insulators. Aiming to inhibit liquid permeation, two kinds of superhydrophobic coatings are applied to the SR surface. The liquid permeation properties of SR with different types of liquids are investigated, and the Langmuir diffusion model is applied to analyse the experimental data. The results show that the composite superhydrophobic coating can effectively inhibit liquid permeation by reducing the contact area between the surface and liquid, and the stable structure of the composite coating can maintain the performance after the liquid permeation and effusion. However, the nano-particle coating without the polymer binder experiences severe performance degradation during the immersion test, and it cannot restrain the liquid permeation anymore after it loses the superhydrophobicity. As a validation of the effective protection, the insulation resistivity change was measured. The resistivity decreases sharply for the pristine SR after water permeation; however, the decrease is much smaller for the coated SR. The current study not only provides new insight into the liquid permeation properties of SR with different surface wettability but also suggests an effective measure to prevent liquid permeation into SR. Published version This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant number: 51921005),and we thank the support from the China Scholarship Council for the study abroad of Shuming Liu. 2023-08-21T06:22:27Z 2023-08-21T06:22:27Z 2023 Journal Article Liu, S., Zhou, Y., Zuo, Z., Liu, S., Wang, Q., Chen, Z. & Liang, X. (2023). Inhibiting liquid permeation into silicone rubber by superhydrophobic coating for prolonged service life. High Voltage, 1-11. https://dx.doi.org/10.1049/hve2.12328 2397-7264 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170008 10.1049/hve2.12328 2-s2.0-85159470200 1 11 en High Voltage © 2023 The Authors. High Voltage published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Institution of Engineering and Technology and China Electric Power Research Institute. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. application/pdf
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Singapore
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topic Engineering::Materials
Liquid Permeation
Silicone Rubber
spellingShingle Engineering::Materials
Liquid Permeation
Silicone Rubber
Liu, Shuming
Zhou, Ying
Zuo, Zhou
Liu, Shuqi
Wang, Qian
Chen, Zhong
Liang, Xidong
Inhibiting liquid permeation into silicone rubber by superhydrophobic coating for prolonged service life
description Liquid permeation into silicone rubber (SR) may lead to the degradation or complete failure of the composite insulators. Aiming to inhibit liquid permeation, two kinds of superhydrophobic coatings are applied to the SR surface. The liquid permeation properties of SR with different types of liquids are investigated, and the Langmuir diffusion model is applied to analyse the experimental data. The results show that the composite superhydrophobic coating can effectively inhibit liquid permeation by reducing the contact area between the surface and liquid, and the stable structure of the composite coating can maintain the performance after the liquid permeation and effusion. However, the nano-particle coating without the polymer binder experiences severe performance degradation during the immersion test, and it cannot restrain the liquid permeation anymore after it loses the superhydrophobicity. As a validation of the effective protection, the insulation resistivity change was measured. The resistivity decreases sharply for the pristine SR after water permeation; however, the decrease is much smaller for the coated SR. The current study not only provides new insight into the liquid permeation properties of SR with different surface wettability but also suggests an effective measure to prevent liquid permeation into SR.
author2 School of Materials Science and Engineering
author_facet School of Materials Science and Engineering
Liu, Shuming
Zhou, Ying
Zuo, Zhou
Liu, Shuqi
Wang, Qian
Chen, Zhong
Liang, Xidong
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author Liu, Shuming
Zhou, Ying
Zuo, Zhou
Liu, Shuqi
Wang, Qian
Chen, Zhong
Liang, Xidong
author_sort Liu, Shuming
title Inhibiting liquid permeation into silicone rubber by superhydrophobic coating for prolonged service life
title_short Inhibiting liquid permeation into silicone rubber by superhydrophobic coating for prolonged service life
title_full Inhibiting liquid permeation into silicone rubber by superhydrophobic coating for prolonged service life
title_fullStr Inhibiting liquid permeation into silicone rubber by superhydrophobic coating for prolonged service life
title_full_unstemmed Inhibiting liquid permeation into silicone rubber by superhydrophobic coating for prolonged service life
title_sort inhibiting liquid permeation into silicone rubber by superhydrophobic coating for prolonged service life
publishDate 2023
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170008
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