In this paper, a superhydrophobic surface is used to increase the flashover voltage when water droplets are present on a silicone rubber surface. The dynamic behavior of a water droplet and the associated flashover characteristics are studied on common and superhydrophobic silicone rubber surfaces under a high DC voltage. On common silicone rubber, the droplet elongates and the flashover voltage decreases with increasing droplet volume and conductivity. In contrast, the droplet slides off the superhydrophobic surface, leading to an increased flashover voltage. This droplet sliding is due to the low adhesion of the superhydrophobic surface and a sufficiently high electrostatic force provided by the DC voltage. Experimental results show that a superhydrophobic surface is effective at inhibiting flashover.
Superhydrophobic surface has aroused much interest among researchers due to the low adhesion between water and a substrate surface. This study focuses on the influence of the low adhesion of superhydrophobic surface on flashover characteristics under wet conditions. The flashover experiments were conducted under two different wet conditions. One was placing a constant volume droplet on the silicone rubber. The other one was that silicone rubber was wetted by salt fog. It was found that the adhesion between water droplets and a superhydrophobic surface was very low because of the presence of air cushion. Accordingly, water droplets were easy to slide on a superhydrophobic surface under the effect of electric filed. The sliding of droplets could provide a longer insulation path before flashover occurred. Results showed that flashover voltage could be improved greatly on a superhydrophobic silicone rubber surface.
The superhydrophobic surface (SHPS) with a contact angle (CA) of 151°and a sliding angle (SA) of 0.5°was successfully fabricated on aluminium stranded wires (ASW) via a simple chemical etching process, and subsequently covered with a fluoroalkylsilane film. The wettability and microstructure of consequent SHPS was characterised by CA/SA, scanning electron microscopy and 3D colour laser scanning microscope, respectively. A simple dynamic icing experimental system was performed. The corrosion resistance and dynamic anti-icing property were also investigated by acid/alkaline solution corrosion and dynamic icing test. The results showed that, due to the combined effect of micro-nano structure, air cushion and capillary. The SHPS possessed great corrosion-resistant and anti-icing properties; moreover, the anti-icing property increased by 68.2% and the starting icing time was delayed by six times, which should be critical to the potential application in industry.
The study on superhydrophobicity is based on the wetting behavior of droplets on the rough surface. The wetting behavior on the red rose petal was observed by optical microscope at micrometer scale. Results showed that the wetting behavior was dynamic and air moved slowly between the droplet and the red rose petal. Many isolated air cushions were also found at the interface. In order to explain the relationship between the wetting behavior and the high adhesive force on the rose petal, a geometric model about solid-liquid-air three phase interface was proposed. The adhesion on the rose petal mainly depended on the sealed air inside the interface which could not connect to the atmosphere and the strong association of the solid/liquid at Wenzel wetting domains in this model.
Aluminum is widely used in transmission lines, and the accumulation of ice on aluminum conductor may inflict serious damage such as tower collapse and power failure. In this study, super-hydrophobic surface (SHS) on aluminum conductor with micro-nanostructure was fabricated using the preferential etching principle of crystal defects. The surface microstructure and wettability were investigated by scanning electron microscope and contact angle measurement, respectively. The icing progress was observed with a self-made icing experiment platform at different environment temperature. The results showed that, due to jumping and rolling down of coalesced droplets from SHS of aluminum conductor at low temperature, the formation of icing on SHS could be delayed. Dynamic icing experiment indicated that SHS on aluminum conductor could restrain the formation of icing in certain temperature range, but could not exert influence on the accumulation of icing. This study offers new insight into understanding the anti-icing performance of actual aluminum conductor.
In this paper, the influence of superhydrophobicity on the surface damage of silicone rubber is studied. On a common silicone rubber surface, a droplet can become elongated, and arc discharge induced by the droplet can cause tracking on the silicone rubber surface. However, for a superhydrophobic silicone rubber surface, a droplet can leave the silicone rubber due to the low adhesion of the superhydrophobic surface. Accordingly, arc discharge caused by the droplet does not occur, and the surface of the silicone rubber is not affected. Results demonstrate that using a superhydrophobic surface has a significant effect on limiting the surface damage of silicone rubber.
Fabricating large-scale super-hydrophobic surfaces for commercial applications is challenging due to certain limitations. In this paper, a simple and inexpensive method is developed to fabricate super-hydrophobic surfaces on silicone rubbers. Rough microstructures were prepared on the mould's inner surfaces and then sample super-hydrophobic surfaces on silicone rubbers with different surface roughness were achieved using the standard moulding process. Furthermore, the effects of roughness on the wettability were investigated. The results showed that by controlling the roughness, the fabricated surfaces exhibited a static contact angle of 150.9°and a sliding angle of 8°. Finally, the property of hydrophobicity recovery for the silicone-rubber samples was also studied. The surfaces of the samples could recover well after a sand-blasting experiment. The proposed method is low-cost, environmentally friendly and suggests promising industrial applications. Keywords: thin films, coatings, chemical techniques, surface properties Izdelava obse`nih superhidrofobnih povr{in za komercialne namene je zaradi dolo~enih omejitev zahtevna. V~lanku je razvit preprost in poceni na~in za izdelavo superhidrofobne povr{ine na silikonskih gumah. Grobe mikrostrukture so bile pripravljene na notranjih povr{inah kalupa in nato je bila dose`ena vzor~na superhidrofobna povr{ina na silikonski gumi z razli~no hrapavo povr{ino z uporabo standardnega postopka modeliranja. Nadalje so bili raziskani u~inki hrapavosti na omo~ljivost. Rezultati so pokazali, da so s krmiljenjem hrapavosti izdelane povr{ine razstavljene pod stati~nim kontaktnim kotom 150.9°in drsnim kotom 8°. Nazadnje je bila preu~evana tudi lastnost okrevanja hidrofobnosti vzorcev silikonskih gum. Povr{ine vzorcev se lahko dobro obnovijo tudi po poskusu s peskanjem. Predlagana metoda je poceni, okolju prijazna in ka`e obetavne mo`nosti apliciranja v procese v industriji.
An anti-icing aluminium with a super-hydrophobic surface was fabricated. A static icing system was developed to investigate the process of static icing for samples with different contact angles (CAs), and the contact state was also researched. The results showed that the water droplets' solidification time on a super-hydrophobic surface was much longer than for other surfaces at the same temperature. A water droplet on the super-hydrophobic surface had a much smaller contact area than on another surfaces. In addition, the air gap between the droplet and the super-hydrophobic surface retarded and prevented any exchange of heat. The temperature affected the transition from the Cassie state to the Wenzel state for super-hydrophobic aluminium. Keywords: aluminium coating, static icing, solidification time, super hydrophobicity Narejeno je bilo prepre~evanje zaledenitve aluminija s superhidrofobno plastjo. Sistem stati~ne zaledenitve je bil razvit za preiskavo procesa stati~ne zaledenitve za vzorce z razli~nimi kontaktnimi koti (angl. CA), preiskano pa je bilo tudi stanje kontakta. Rezultati so pokazali, da je~as strjevanja vodnih kapljic na superhidrofobni povr{ini precej dalj{i kot na drugih povr{inah pri enaki temperaturi. Vodna kapljica je imela na superhidrofobni povr{ini precej manj{o kontaktno povr{ino kot na drugih povr{inah. Poleg tega je zra~na re`a med kapljicami in superhidrofobno povr{ino zaustavljala in prepre~evala vsako izmenjavo toplote. Temperatura je vplivala na prehod iz stanja Cassie v stanje Wenzel za superhidrofobni aluminij. Klju~ne besede: aluminijeva prevleka, stati~na zaledenitev,~as strjevanja, superhidrofobnost
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