Summary

The contribution describes part of the Cigre work of the WG D1.70 on new laboratory methods for the investigation of insulating liquids. Experimental investigations included:

  • development of a method for stray gassing behaviour of insulating liquids independent of their constitution with examples from service manifestating the correlation of observed service behaviour and laboratory tests;
  • The implementation of natural and synthetic esters as insulating liquids requires their maintenance and correspondingly the monitoring of the inhibitor content.

The achieved results clarify some additional functional requirements for insulating liquids.

  • laboratory procedures and their measuring uncertainty for identifying of environmentally hazardeous compounds in insulating liquids like polycyclic aromatics  and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. For the identification of individual EPA restricted  PAH marker compounds methods like EN 16143 are necessary;
  • the determination of oxidation stability in service oils is not covered by the international standardisation.  Measuring  the inhibitor in insulating oils with time allows a correlation to further ageing parameters, as well as a prediction of life span of the insulating liquid.

Additional informations

Publication type Webinars
Reference WBN068
Publication year
Publisher CIGRE
Study committees
Working groups WG D1.70
File size 2 MB
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Keywords

Laboratory Methodologies for Investigating of Insulating Liquids; Stray Gassing; Oxidation Inhibitor as Ageing Marker; Methods for Determination of PAC/PAHs in Insulating Liquids; Measurement Uncertainty for Thermal Characteristics of Insulating Liquids

New Laboratory Methodologies for Investigating of Insulating Liquids - Further Developments in Key Functional Properties