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Effect of Nanoparticles on the Dielectric Strength and PD Resistance of Epoxy Nanocomposites

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The dielectric strength and partial discharge resistance of epoxy material are enhanced by the addition of nanomaterial as fillers. The enhancement depends on the type of nanofiller and percentage loading. Epoxy nanocomposites with a good dispersion of nanoparticles in the base epoxy were prepared and experiments were conducted to measure the dielectric strength and partial discharge resistance with PDIV. In addition, the influence of water molecule on dielectric strength and PD resistance in base epoxy and epoxy nanocomposites were studied. This paper deals with the experimental analysis of dielectric strength and PD resistance of the nanocomposites with four types of insulating nanofillers, viz., CaCO3, TiO2, Al2O3, and layered silicate are analyzed at different filler concentration by weight. Results are given for both dry and wet (water absorbed) samples.

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The authors would like to thank Electrical workshop, EEE Department, Amrita School of Engineering for the help to prepare samples and conduct dielectric strength test on samples. The author would like to thank High Voltage Lab, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti for the help in conducting PDIV measurement.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore, 641 112, Tamil Nadu, India

    D. Kavitha & T. N. P. Nambiar

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India

    T. K. Sindhu

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Kavitha, D., Sindhu, T.K., Nambiar, T.N.P. (2016). Effect of Nanoparticles on the Dielectric Strength and PD Resistance of Epoxy Nanocomposites. In: Suresh, L., Panigrahi, B. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Soft Computing Systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 397. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2671-0_27

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