Effect of moisture on breakdown voltage and structure of palm based insulation oils

For use as insulating liquids in power transformers, palm based oils are gaining worldwide attention as biodegradable alternatives and competitors to the petroleum based oils. However, moisture ingress into insulation oils and its effect on the oil breakdown voltage (BDV) must be studied because moi...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on dielectrics and electrical insulation 2014-10, Vol.21 (5), p.2119-2126
Main Authors: Suleiman, A. A., Muhamad, N. A., Bashir, N., Murad, N. S., Arief, Y. Z., Phung, B. T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
breakdown voltage
Electric potential
Equations
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Fourier transforms
Insulation
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical model
Moisture
Moisture content
Oil wells
Palm
palm fatty acid ester
Palm oil
Petroleum engineering
refined bleached deodorized palm oil
transformer
Vegetable oils
Vibrations
Voltage
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Summary:For use as insulating liquids in power transformers, palm based oils are gaining worldwide attention as biodegradable alternatives and competitors to the petroleum based oils. However, moisture ingress into insulation oils and its effect on the oil breakdown voltage (BDV) must be studied because moisture in oil can alter the physicochemical property of oil and drastically affects the breakdown voltage. This paper presents a comparative study on effect of increasing moisture content on physical structure and BDV of three palm based insulation oils (Red Palm Oil, Refined Bleached Deodorized Palm Oil (RBDPO) and Palm Fatty Acid Ester (PFAE)) at room temperature. Insulation oil is known to have the ability to sustain its good performance up to certain percentage moisture increase. In this paper, an empirical relationship between the palm based oil BDV and the percentage moisture added was developed to approximate oil BDV at various moisture increases. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy was employed to investigate changes in the oil samples' functional group to assess the physical changes. This equation has been tested and verified. This equation can be used to estimate the BDV of the palm based insulation oils as their percentage moisture increases.
ISSN:1070-9878
1558-4135
DOI:10.1109/TDEI.2014.004431