EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF ELECTRICAL STRESS DURING ACCELERATED THERMAL AGING ON DIELECTRIC PERFORMANCE OF INSULATION SYSTEMS FOR LOW VOLTAGE MOTORS
Résumé
Three sets of 10 motorettes were characterized along aging. Thermal aging
consisted of isotherms at 240°C. Electrical aging consisted of the application of an AC
voltage just above the Partial Discharge Inception Voltage (PDIV). Aging sequence was a
series of 6 cycles of 72 hours. In between aging cycles, the evolution of PDIV and
Insulation Resistance on Coil-Coil and Coil-Ground configurations were monitored.
Polarisation Index provided by the ratio of measured resistance after 10 min and 1 min
were calculated. As concerns thermal aging, PDIV decrease was of 10 to 22%. This
decrease occurred mainly after the first aging. Electrical aging under partial discharge
activity can be revealed by a significant increase of the Polarisation Index. Electrical
aging led to 90% failure during the third aging cycle with typical PD-free EIS while none of
the motorettes with strengthened EIS were affected during six cycles. PD analysis
revealed with the strengthened paper a specific behaviour consisting in a discontinuous
regime of discharges.