外绝缘用液体硅橡胶的自然老化因素研究

Study on the Influence Factors of Natural Aging of Liquid Silicone Rubber Used for External Insulation

近年来,液体硅橡胶(Liquid Silicone Rubber,LSR)已经在外绝缘领域得到了较为广泛的应用,但是目前对其耐老化性能的研究还不够深入。尤其是在中国南方地区使用时,高温、高湿环境更容易导致液体硅橡胶的老化。在许多地区都观察到了电流、电压互感器的液体硅橡胶绝缘外套的龟裂、老化现象,对设备的安全运行产生了影响。本文设计并实施了在光照、高温、高湿、电晕等老化因素作用下的液体硅橡胶人工老化试验,并对老化试验后的样品进行了硬度、力学性能、憎水性、光泽度以及SEM、FTIR等微观性能试验和分析。认为在光照作用下,高温、高湿环境对液体硅橡胶具有加速老化作用,表现为硬度上升、憎水性下降、光泽度下降,并且在表面出现细微裂纹。

In recent years, liquid silicone rubber （LSR） has been widely used in the external insulation field. However, further study on the aging resistant performance is still required. Especially when it is used in southern parts of China, of which the high temperature and humidity environment could accelerate the aging process. It is reported that cracking and chalking phenomena were observed on the liquid silicone rubber sheath of PT and CT. In this paper, a series of ageing experiments were designed and carried out to test the performance of liquid silicone rubber when exposed to factors such as high temperature, high humidity, sun exposure and corona discharge. After the experiments, characteristics such as hardness, hydrophobicity, glossiness and mechanical properties were tested and micro analyzing method like SEM and FTIR were used to study the change of micro structure and functional group abundance. It is concluded that high temperature, high humidity and sun exposure play significant roles in the degradation of liquid silicone rubber, which could lead to the rise of hardness, loss of hydrophobicity, decrease of glossiness and surface cracking. The results also show that the change of mechanical properties of liquid silicone rubber were tiny.