An Investigation on Vegetable Oils as Potential Insulating Liquid

While choosing insulating oil, characteristic features such as thermal cooling, endurance, efficiency and being environment-friendly should be considered. Mineral oils are referred as petroleum-based oil. In this study, vegetable oils investigated as an alternative insulating liquid to mineral oil. Dissipation factor, breakdown voltage, relative dielectric constant and resistivity changes with the frequency and voltage of mineral, rapeseed and nut oils were measured. Experimental studies were performed according to ASTM D924 and IEC 60156 standards.

Authors:

• C. Kocatepe
• E. Taslak
• C. F. Kumru
• O. Arıkan

Keywords:

• Breakdown voltage
• dielectric dissipation factor
• mineral oil
• vegetable oils.

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