Analysis of FDS Characteristics of Oil-impregnated Paper Insulation under High Electric Field Strength Based on the Motion of Charge Carriers

Abstract

Frequency Domain Spectroscopy (FDS) is a powerful tool to study the dielectric properties of oil-paper insulation, which is widely used under high electric field strength. The motion of charge carriers under high electric field strength will cause new dielectric characteristics in FDS curves, from which more information could be extracted for insulation state assessment. In this paper, FD spectra are measured under high electric field strength. The electric field dependence of the loss peak in middle frequency and the characteristics of dielectric loss in low frequency are studied. With the influence of trapping on the motion of charge carriers under electric field being considered, charge carriers hopping polarization model and charge carriers motion dependent conductance model are proposed. The trap energy level of oil-paper insulation decreases when the moisture content increases, thus, the motion characteristics of charge carriers change, leading to decreasing loss peak in middle frequency and inverse dielectric loss characteristics in low frequency. These two models introduce the influence of traps on carrier motion into the dielectric response and enable one to gain a better understanding of the dielectric properties of oil-paper insulation under high electric field strength.