| Title |
Research of Accelerated Aging According to Long-term Stability of Vegetable Oil |
| Authors |
최순호(Choi, Sun-Ho) ; 허창수(Huh, Chang-Su) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2012.61.8.1148 |
| Keywords |
Vegetable insulating oils ; Long-term stability ; Accelerated aging |
| Abstract |
The vegetable-based insulating oils are substitutes for mineral oils in oil-filled transformer. The important properties of vegetable insulating oil is their higher flash/fire point and biodegradability than conventional mineral oils. The large oil-filled transformer eliminate the risk of explosion and fire should the transformer fail and oil ignite owing to high flash/fire point of vegetable insulating oil. In addition, higher biodegradability of vegetable insulating oils can let the oil spill damage reduced. In this experiment, the real oil-filled transformers using mineral oil and vegetable oil have accelerated aging. After working on the 100% accelerated aging experiment were conducted comparing the transformer. The hottest-spot temperature using thermal coefficients were calculated to determin the degree of accelerated aging. As a result, apply mineral oil transformer in accordance with the accelerated aging life come to an end. In contrast, vegetable insulating oils showed the opposite characteristics. Vegetable insulating oil compared to the mineral oil are found to be an long life. As a result, the vegetable oil has a long-term stability. |