This application claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 2022102837091, filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration on Mar. 22, 2022, entitled “METHOD FOR PREDICTING RELIABILITY OF CROSS-LINKED POLYETHYLENE CABLE INSULATION MATERIAL”, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of cables, and in particular relates to a method for predicting reliability of a cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material.
Cross-linked polyethylene insulation materials are widely used as insulation materials of insulation layers for long-distance electric power transmission overhead lines and urban underground cables due to excellent electrical properties of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE).
In preparation of cross-linked polyethylene, linear molecular chains are linked to form a cross-linked polyethylene insulation material with a network structure and excellent electrical properties via active free radicals generated by decomposition of a cross-linking agent. Before being used in the manufacture of cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation layers, the cross-linking agent in cross-linkable material granules would spontaneously decompose due to the temperature of storage, the time period for storage, or the like. The cross-linking agent such as dicumyl peroxide needs to be stored under the conditions of low temperature and dark light, and decomposition half-life thereof decreases exponentially with the increase of temperature. Therefore, the cross-linkable material granules stored under different storage conditions will affect a cross-linking degree of the cross-linking reaction, and an elongation under load of cross-linked polyethylene is closely related to the cross-linking degree. Thus, the cross-linked polyethylene prepared from the cross-linkable material granules stored under different storage conditions has different elongations under load.
The cable insulation layers made of cross-linked polyethylene with relatively high elongations under load may be unreliable. XLPE materials for 220 kV cable insulation should have an elongation under load not more than 100%, as specified in the section of thermal extension test in GB/T 18890.2-2015. At present, the reliability evaluation of a cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material involves tests such as the thermal extension test on the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material, lacking a predicting method.
In view of this, the present disclosure provides a method for predicting reliability of a cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material. According to this method, an enthalpy value of an exothermic peak of a cross-linking reaction of a cross-linkable material is calculated, and an elongation under load of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material is determined based on the negative correlation between the enthalpy value and the elongation under load of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material, thereby rapidly predicting reliability of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material, and solving the technical problem of lacking a method for predicting reliability of a cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material in the related art.
In a first aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for predicting reliability of a cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material, including:
Preferably, after the step 5, the method further includes:
It should be noted that the standard value in the present disclosure can be a standard value of the elongation under load, less than 100%, of a XLPE material for 220 kV cable insulation as specified in the section of thermal extension test in GB/T 18890.2-2015. Alternatively, the standard value can be a custom standard value, or a standard value defined by other national standards. The standard enthalpy value in the present disclosure is 8.08655 J/g.
Preferably, the curve for predicting reliability of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material is a curve for predicting elongation under load of cross-linked polyethylene.
It should be noted that the curve for predicting elongation under load of cross-linked polyethylene is established by taking the enthalpy value as a horizontal axis and taking the elongation under load of cross-linked polyethylene as a vertical axis.
Preferably, the subjecting multiple groups of cross-linkable materials respectively to cross-linking reactions, thereby obtaining multiple groups of cross-linked polyethylene and enthalpy values of exothermic peaks of the cross-linking reactions of the multiple groups of cross-linkable materials includes:
Preferably, the obtaining enthalpy values of exothermic peaks of the cross-linking reactions of the multiple groups of cross-linkable materials includes:
Preferably, the integral region of the heat flow-time graph is calculated by: taking a heat flow curve before the exothermic peak of the cross-linking reaction occurs as a baseline, and taking tangent points between the baseline and the heat flow curve as upper and lower limits for integration.
Preferably, the cross-linking agent is a peroxide.
Preferably, the peroxide is dicumyl peroxide.
Preferably, the subjecting the multiple groups of cross-linkable materials respectively to the cross-linking reactions in a differential scanning calorimeter includes:
Preferably, the subjecting the multiple groups of cross-linkable materials respectively to the cross-linking reactions in a differential scanning calorimeter includes:
Preferably, the nitrogen gas has a purity greater than 99.999%.
To sum up, the present disclosure provides a method for predicting reliability of a cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material. The prediction method includes: subjecting multiple groups of cross-linkable materials to cross-linking reaction, thereby obtaining multiple groups of cross-linked polyethylene and enthalpy values of exothermic peaks of the cross-linking reactions of the multiple groups of cross-linkable materials; then establishing a curve for predicting reliability of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material; and obtaining an enthalpy value of an exothermic peak of the cross-linking reaction of the cross-linkable material to be predicted, and inputting the enthalpy value into the curve for predicting reliability of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material, to obtain an elongation under load of cross-linked polyethylene. Among them, during the cross-linking reactions of the multiple groups of cross-linkable materials, the cross-linkable material granules absorb heat violently to melt the polyethylene resin, and meanwhile the cross-linking agent DCP gradually decomposes. As the temperature rises, the cross-linking reaction begins. A relatively weak exothermic peak of the cross-linking reaction occurs in the heat flow curve. The intensity of the exothermic peak is positively correlated to the degree of completion of the cross-linking reaction. Thus, the activity of different cross-linkable materials can be evaluated by calculating the enthalpy values of the exothermic peaks of the cross-linking reactions of the different cross-linkable materials during the heating process. The cross-linkable materials with different activities will affect the cross-linking degrees of the cross-linking reactions. The elongation under load and the cross-linking degree of cross-linked polyethylene are closely related, specifically in a directly proportional relationship. That is, the lower the activity of the cross-linkable material granules, the greater the elongation under load of cross-linked polyethylene. Therefore, in the present disclosure, the enthalpy value of the exothermic peak of the cross-linking reaction of the cross-linkable material is calculated, and the elongation under load of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material is determined based on the negative correlation between the enthalpy value of the cross-linkable material and the elongation under load of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material. When the elongation under load is lower than the standard value, it is determined that the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material prepared by the cross-linked polyethylene is unreliable, and it is not necessary to further conduct the thermal extension test. Accordingly, the reliability of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material can be rapidly predicted, thereby solving the technical problem of lacking a method for predicting reliability of a cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material in the related art.
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The present disclosure provides a method for predicting reliability of a cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material. According to this method, an enthalpy value of an exothermic peak of a cross-linking reaction of a cross-linkable material is calculated, and an elongation under load of a cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material is determined based on the correlation between the enthalpy value of the cross-linkable material and the elongation under load of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material, thereby rapidly predicting reliability of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material, and solving the technical problem of lacking a method for predicting reliability of a cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material in the related art.
The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the examples of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described examples are only some of the examples of the present disclosure, rather than all the examples. Based on the examples in the present disclosure, all other examples obtained by ordinary skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.
The reagents or raw materials used in the following examples are all commercially available or self-made.
Example 1 provides a method for calculating an enthalpy value of an exothermic peak of a cross-linking reaction of a cross-linkable material, including the following steps.
The heat flow curve before the exothermic peak of the cross-linking reaction occurs was taken as a baseline, and tangent points between the baseline and the heat flow curve were taken as upper and lower limits for integration. The exothermic enthalpy of the cross-linking reaction of the cross-linkable material during the entire heating process was obtained by integrating the area of the closed region, such as the shaded area of
The sample should be weighed with an accuracy of 0.01 mg, and the difference of mass between the fresh granules and the stored granules should be less than 5%. Meanwhile, the nitrogen gas for purging the working environment of the instrument for DSC experiment has a purity equal to or greater than 99.999%, so as to avoid oxidation reaction of the sample during the heating-melting and cooling-crystallization processes, thereby preventing from affecting the accuracy of experiments. If the exothermic enthalpy of the cross-linking reaction of a sample calculated from the heat flow curve is greater than 0.1 J/g during the second heating process, it indicates that the cross-linkable material of the same sample is not cross-linked sufficiently during the first heating process, and the experiment needs to be performed again.
Example 2 is an example for establishing the curve for predicting reliability of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material based on the enthalpy value of the exothermic peak of the cross-linking reaction of the cross-linkable material and the elongation under load of the cross-linkable material.
It can be seen from Tables 1 and 2 that the exothermic peak of the cross-linking reaction of the cross-linkable material measured in the DSC experiment weakens and the exothermic enthalpy thereof gradually decreases with the increase of the storage time. It is measured that the exothermic enthalpy of the cross-linking reaction of the cross-linkable material decreases by about 30% when the cross-linkable material has been stored for five years, because the DCP in the cross-linkable material gradually decomposes and the activity of the cross-linkable material decreases during the long-term storage, which results in insufficient cross-linking reaction of the cross-linkable material when the temperature rises to the temperature for cross-linking reaction. Meanwhile, from the results of thermal extension test in Table 2, it can be seen that the elongation under load of the cross-linkable material measured in the thermal extension test gradually increases with the increase of the storage time. That is, the elongation under load of the cross-linked polyethylene can be determined on the basis of the enthalpy values of the cross-linking reactions of the multiple groups of cross-linked materials obtained by the differential scanning calorimeter. Since the enthalpy value is negatively correlated to the elongation under load of the cross-linked polyethylene, a curve for predicting reliability of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material can be established on the basis of the enthalpy values of the exothermic peaks of the cross-linking reactions of the cross-linkable material granules, which are fresh, stored for one year, five years, and ten years respectively, and the elongations under load of the multiple groups of cross-linked polyethylene. The curve for predicting reliability shown in
Example 3 provides a method for predicting reliability of the cross-linked polyethylene cable insulation material, including the following steps.
It should be noted that, in the process of heating the cross-linkable material granules, the granules absorb heat violently before the temperature rises to 110° C., so that an endothermic peak obviously appears in the heat flow curve of DSC. At this stage, the cross-linking agent DCP gradually decomposes as the polyethylene resin in the cross-linkable material melts. With the further increase of the temperature, the cross-linking reaction begins, and a relatively weak exothermic peak of the cross-linking reaction appears in the heat flow curve. The intensity of the exothermic peak is positively correlated to the degree of completion of the cross-linking reaction. Therefore, the intensity of cross-linking degree can be evaluated by calculating the enthalpy values of the exothermic peaks of the cross-linking reactions of different cross-linkable materials during the heating process, and thus the thermal extension performance of XLPE materials can be predicted. Compared to the related art, the correlation between the exothermic enthalpy of the cross-linking reaction of the cross-linkable material obtained through the DSC experiment and the thermal elongation performance of the obtained XLPE material is adopted in the present disclosure, thereby realizing prediction of reliability of cross-linked polyethylene in a flexible and rapid manner.
The various technical features of the above-mentioned examples can be combined arbitrarily. All possible combinations of various technical features in the above-mentioned examples are not described for concise description. However, the combinations of these technical features should be considered as within the scope of this specification as long as no contradiction exists in these combinations.
The above-mentioned examples that are specifically described in detail only express several embodiments of the present disclosure, but they should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present disclosure. It should be noted that several modifications and improvements can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the concept of the present disclosure, and they all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure shall be based on the appended claims, and the description and drawings may be used to explain the contents of the claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202210283709.1 | Mar 2022 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/130863 | 11/9/2022 | WO |