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Streamer Inception from Ultra-Sharp Needles in Mineral Oil Based Nanofluids

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  • Mauricio Aljure

    (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Marley Becerra

    (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Mattias E. Karlsson

    (School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden)

Abstract

Positive and negative streamer inception voltages from ultra-sharp needle tips (with tip radii below 0.5 μm) are measured in TiO 2 , SiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , ZnO and C 60 nanofluids. The experiments are performed at several concentrations of nanoparticles dispersed in mineral oil. It is found that nanoparticles influence positive and negative streamers in different ways. TiO 2 , SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 nanoparticles increase the positive streamer inception voltage only, whilst ZnO and C 60 nanoparticles augment the streamer inception voltages in both polarities. Using these results, the main hypotheses explaining the improvement in the dielectric strength of the host oil due to the presence of nanoparticles are analyzed. It is found that the water adsorption hypothesis of nanoparticles is consistent with the increments in the reported positive streamer inception voltages. It is also shown that the hypothesis of nanoparticles reducing the electron velocity by hopping transport mechanisms fails to explain the results obtained for negative streamers. Finally, the hypothesis of nanoparticles attaching electrons according to their charging characteristics is found to be consistent with the results hereby presented on negative streamers.

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  • Mauricio Aljure & Marley Becerra & Mattias E. Karlsson, 2018. "Streamer Inception from Ultra-Sharp Needles in Mineral Oil Based Nanofluids," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-14, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:11:y:2018:i:8:p:2064-:d:162651
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    1. Juan Velasco & Ricardo Frascella & Ricardo Albarracín & Juan Carlos Burgos & Ming Dong & Ming Ren & Li Yang, 2018. "Comparison of Positive Streamers in Liquid Dielectrics with and without Nanoparticles Simulated with Finite-Element Software," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-16, February.
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