Abstract:This paper presents that mineral oil and linear alkylbenzene with dispersed metal oxide nanoparticles were investigated to clarify the effect of nanoparticles on AC breakdown strength and relative permittivity characteristics. The materials of nanoparticles were selected at TiO 2 (crystal structure of anatase and rutile) and ZnO. The nanoparticle concentrations of samples were prepared varying from 0 to 0.5 vol% into mineral oil or linear alkylbenzene by ultrasonic dispersion. AC (60 Hz) breakdown test was per… Show more
“…These authors concluded that the addition of different TiO2 concentrations produced different increases in the breakdown strength of nanofluid samples. Similar results with TiO2 nanoparticles were obtained by Yue-fan et al [10,11] and Hanai et al [12]. Other papers have evaluated if the positive effect of nanoparticles on dielectric properties of mineral oil is kept with accelerated thermal aging.…”
Mineral oil has been frequently used in most of high voltage transformers. However, this oil has started to be replaced by vegetable oils. Additionally, different authors have found that mineral oil-based nanofluids have a potential in improving insulating properties of transformer oil. In order to improve the characteristics of a commercial vegetal oil, this work has used TiO2 nanoparticles to obtain a nanofluid whose ageing behavior at 150ºC for 300 hours has been studied.
“…These authors concluded that the addition of different TiO2 concentrations produced different increases in the breakdown strength of nanofluid samples. Similar results with TiO2 nanoparticles were obtained by Yue-fan et al [10,11] and Hanai et al [12]. Other papers have evaluated if the positive effect of nanoparticles on dielectric properties of mineral oil is kept with accelerated thermal aging.…”
Mineral oil has been frequently used in most of high voltage transformers. However, this oil has started to be replaced by vegetable oils. Additionally, different authors have found that mineral oil-based nanofluids have a potential in improving insulating properties of transformer oil. In order to improve the characteristics of a commercial vegetal oil, this work has used TiO2 nanoparticles to obtain a nanofluid whose ageing behavior at 150ºC for 300 hours has been studied.
“…In the following section the positive impulse breakdown voltage with respect to concentration and type of nanoparticles are presented. A lot of research has been carried out to measure the impulse breakdown strength of mineral oil-based and vegetable oil-based nanofluids [22,23,27,31,37,61,72]. Figure 10.…”
The mineral oil or synthetic oil in conjunction with paper is mainly being applied as dielectric medium in many of the high voltage apparatus. However, the advent of high voltage levels such high voltage alternating current (HVAC) and high voltage direct current (HVDC) has prompted researchers to direct their focus onto an insulation system which can bear the rising high voltage levels. The modern insulating liquid material development is guided by various factors such as high electrical insulation requirements and other safety and economic considerations. Therefore transformer manufacturer companies have to design transformers with these new specific requirements. The transformer oil-based nanofluids with improved dielectric and thermal properties have the potential to replace mineral oil base products in the market place. They are favorable because they function more superior than mineral oil and they contribute definite insulating and thermal gains. This paper reviews recent status of nanofluids use as transformer oils. The nanofluids used as transformer oils are presented and their advantages are described in comparison with mineral oil. The multiple experimental works carried out by different researchers are described, providing an overview of the current research conducted on nanofluids. In addition scope and challenges being confronted in this area of research are clearly presented.
“…Aiming at improvement of electrical insulation properties of insulating oil, various researches were conducted in the recent years on insulating oil with dispersed nanoparticles; due to addition of nanoparticles, a number of improvements in oil characteristics were confirmed, such as heat conductivity, permittivity, and AC breakdown voltage (BDV) [2][3][4][5]. However, much remains unknown about behavior of nanoparticles in insulating oil and breakdown mechanisms.…”
We investigated the fundamental insulation characteristics of insulating oil with dispersed nanoparticles. The AC breakdown voltage of the insulating oil increased by mixing the dispersed hydrophilic nanoparticles, because the hydrophilic nanoparticles absorbed moisture in the oil, which decreased the number of weak points in the oil for breakdown. In contrast, the hydrophobic nanoparticles did not contribute to the increase of AC breakdown voltage, and decreased the AC breakdown voltage. On the other hand, in the case of overdosing of nanoparticles, the aggregation of nanoparticles caused the decrease in the AC breakdown voltage of the oil, which depended upon the volume concentration of nanoparticles regardless of the diameter of nanoparticles. The aggregation of nanoparticles was led by dielectrophoresis phenomenon, which brought the gap length dependence of the AC breakdown voltage of the insulating oil with the dispersed nanoparticles, because the gradient of electric field strength at the gap was smaller in the case of shorter gap length. C⃝ 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electron Comm Jpn, 100(12): 69-75, 2017; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com).
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