Analysis of Particle Interactions and Modeling of Mutual-Coupling Dipole Forces in Mineral Insulating Oils under Uniform Electric Fields
Bao Yanyan1,2, Zhang Jialin3, Chen Wei1, Wen Dingjun2, Liu Kang2
1. School of Electrical Engineering and Information Engineering Lanzhou University of Technology Lanzhou 730050 China; 2. Research Institute of Electric Power Science State Grid Gansu Power Company Lanzhou 730070 China; 3. School of New Energy and Power Engineering Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou 730070 China
Abstract:The formation of small bridge by dielectric impurity particles in insulating oil under the action of electric field is the key factor that leads to the decrease of insulation performance. When the distance between dielectric particles is relatively close, the polarization interaction force is significant, which greatly affects the electric field distribution around dielectric particles and the chain process of particles in oil. The particle chain process and its morphological change are important factors affecting the distortion of electric field and partial discharge in transformer insulation oil. However, the mechanism by which the interaction between particles affects their motion is not well understood, and there is a lack of effective models for analyzing the interaction forces. Therefore, an experimental platform was established to study the effect of dielectric particle interaction on particle motion in insulating oil. In the experiment, the electric field is uniform, and the field direction is changed to simulate the electric field in different directions. Dielectric particles are replaced by wooden balls and fixed with extremely fine cotton thread. The influence of their interaction on the particle chain process is mainly studied. The experimental results show that when the direction of the applied electric field is parallel to the line connecting the center of the particles, the particles attract each other and form a chain under the action of the electric field. However, when the direction of the external electric field is perpendicular to the line connecting the particle center, there will be a special “self-rotation” phenomenon in the process of the particle translation movement along the electric field line to form a chain, that is, the special motion mode of “attraction-self-rotation-chain”. However, the classical point dipole interaction model cannot explain and describe this special experimental phenomenon. Therefore, the process of particle interaction is considered in this paper, and the equivalent idea of self-dipole and mutual-coupling dipole polarization of particles under the action of electric field is proposed. On this basis, a model of mutual-coupling dipole interaction considering particle interaction is established, and the analytical expressions of particle self-dipole moment and mutual-coupling dipole moment are obtained, and the relationship between particle radius and “mutual-coupling dipole moment” is established. The mutual-coupling dipole model is used to represent the result of particle interaction by the offset of the mutual-coupling dipole away from the center of the sphere, and successfully explains the “attraction- self-rotation-chain” phenomenon caused by particle interaction, that is, the particle self-rotation mechanism is the essential reflection of the interaction torque formation in the electric field environment. The self-rotation experiment of a three-particle system fully proves the validity of the concept of coupled dipoles in the analysis of the interaction force between particles. At the same time, the mutual-coupling dipole model can realize the quantitative calculation of particle interaction force and torque under different electric field angles and particle R. The calculation results show that when two particles have the same particle radius and particle spacing D is between 0.1R and 0.5R (D and R is the distance between the particles and the particle radius, respectively), there is a significant interaction force between particles, and the particle interaction force is inversely proportional to the particle spacing and proportional to the particle radius. The above analysis model provides a new method for analyzing the interaction behavior of particles in the electric field environment and optimizing the electric field in the insulating oil.
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Bao Yanyan, Zhang Jialin, Chen Wei, Wen Dingjun, Liu Kang. Analysis of Particle Interactions and Modeling of Mutual-Coupling Dipole Forces in Mineral Insulating Oils under Uniform Electric Fields. Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society, 2025, 40(23): 7724-7736.
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