The Study on TiO₂ Nano-Powder’s Influence on the Power Frequency Breakdown Properties of Transformer Oil

Abstract:

There are plenty of intrinsic cation states on the surface of nano-semiconductor crystals. When the crystals contact the transformer oil，surface states that can capture electrons easily are formed. In this paper, TiO2 nano-powders with different surface modifications have been used to improve the property of transformer oil (Karamay 25#). The modification effects of nano-power’s on insulating property of transformer oils have been investigated. And the modifying effects of TiO2 nano-powder with different concentrations on transformer oil have been studied. The breakdown property tests and fitting results show that TiO2 nano-powder can improve the breakdown properties of transformer oil and within some concentrations，the higher the concentration of TiO2 nano-powder，the better the power frequency insulating property of modifying transformer oil. Besides，The modifying agents play a key role in the dispensability of TiO2 nano-powder in the transformer oil. With the increasing of nonpolar segment in the modifying agent, the breakdown property of the modified oils gets more enhancements.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1070-1072)
• Pages: 1001-1006
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1070-1072.1001
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Qi Lan, Tian Ye Niu*, Guo Qing Jiang, Lu Li, Zi Jing Wang
• Keywords: Breakdown Properties, Nano-Powder, TiO2, Transformer Oil

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