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Influence of organo-montmorillonite on electrical tree parameters in epoxy resin under Ac ramp voltage

Saad, Mohd. Hafiez Izzwan and Ahmad, Mohd. Hafizi and Arief, Yanuar Zulardiansyah and Ahmad, Hussein and Mohamed Piah, Mohamed Afendi (2013) Influence of organo-montmorillonite on electrical tree parameters in epoxy resin under Ac ramp voltage. Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences and Engineering), 64 (4). pp. 103-107. ISSN 0127-9696

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Official URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v64.2109

Abstract

This paper discusses the effects of nanofiller on electrical treeing growth in polymer nanocomposites. The polymer nanocomposite consists of epoxy resin as the base polymer and organo-montmorillonite as the nanofiller. The influence of this nanofiller on the electrical treeing breakdown resistance was investigated experimentally. The quantity of organo-montmorillonite were added in epoxy resin by ultrasonication method based on weight percentage (wt%). The weight percentages used in this experiment were 0 wt% and 1 wt%, respectively. All the samples were produced in the form of leaf-like specimens which were categorized into two parts: unfilled sample (0 wt%) and filled sample (1 wt%). Point-to-plane samples were subjected to 0.5 kVrms/s HVAC ramp voltage. The data of tree inception voltage and tree breakdown voltage were collected and comparative results were made and presented. The morphological analysis of epoxy nanocomposites were investigated using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). Electrical tree parameters analysis has shown that the existence of organo-montmorillonite in epoxy resin could exhibit significant improvement of tree characteristics of epoxy resin nanocomposites as the nanofiller contributed to the increase of tree inception voltage and tree breakdown voltage

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:electrical tree, epoxy resin, organo-montmorillonite, nanofiller, FESEM
Subjects:T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions:Electrical Engineering
ID Code:50095
Deposited By: Siti Nor Hashidah Zakaria
Deposited On:02 Dec 2015 02:10
Last Modified:14 Oct 2018 08:26

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