Electrical Degradation and Breakdown in Polymers
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A review of the field which introduces the chemical and physical structure of polymers, surveys electrical degradation, particularly electrical-tree and water-tree degradation, examines conduction and deterministic breakdown, and discusses the stochastic nature of breakdown. Booknews Both an introduction and a comprehensive review, covers: water and electrical treeing; charge transport; classical and filamentary thermal, electromechanical, electronic and partial discharge breakdown models; the stochastic nature of breakdown and statistical characterization techniques; and engineering considerations for testing and assessment. For those new to the field, includes description of the nature of the polymers, basic solid-state physics, and an introduction to degradation and breakdown. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Part 1 Introduction to polymers and electrical breakdown: polymer structure and morphology polymers as wide band-gap insulators overview of electrical degradation and breakdown. Part 2 Treeing degradation in polymers: water treeing degradation electrical tree degradation tree-initiated breakdown factors affecting treeing routes to tree inhibition. Part 3 Deterministic mechanisms of breakdown: charge injection and transport in insulating polymers thermal breakdown electromechanical breakdown electronic breakdown partial discharge and free volume breakdown. Part 4 The stochastic nature of breakdown: statistical features of breakdown stochastic models of breakdown. Part 5 Engineering considerations for breakdown testing and degradation assessment: breakdown testing and analysis comparison of AC and DC breakdown behaviour cable assessment procedures detecting electrical degradation non-destructively.
