Publication: Investigation on dielectric strenght of silicone rubber and epdm blend with various types of nanofiller for solid insulator application
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2012-06-01
Authors
Abdul Rahim, Nurul Hidayah
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Nano-technology has been well-developed in many sectors nowadays because of its improvement on conventional application. One of the applications of nano technology is enhanced insulation system in high voltage equipment. This project focused on studying the effect of addition of A l 2 O 3 , TiO2, BN and Cloisite®15A nano-fillers on dielectric strength of nano-composite material. Four different types of
nano-filler are added into SiR/EPDM polymer composite material to observe the effect of addition of nano-filler on dielectric properties of nano-composite material. In this project, dielectric strength of the nano-composite material is studied. The effect of SiR/EPDM polymer composite material with and without nano-filler also have been investigated and compared. The result shows the addition of Al2O3 nano-filler into SiR/EPDM composite had increased the dielectric strength by 24% from the unfilled one. The dielectric strength of SiR/EPDM composite also increases by 12.75% with TiO2 nano-filler loading. The addition of BN and Cloisite®15A nano-filler in SiR/EPDM composite has decrease the dielectric strength by 1.52% and 8.05% than the unfilled one. It can be concluded that adding the Al2O3 nano-filler into SiR/EPDM composite contribute enhance the dielectric properties of polymer nano-composite.
composite contribute enhance the dielectric properties of polymer nano-composite.