Development of Graphene Oxide Dispersed Natural Ester Based Insulating Oil for Transformers
Zaid B. Siddique, Soumen Basu, Prasenjit Basak
Abstract
In this work, graphene oxide nanoparticles are dispersed in different concentrations in a soyabean extracted natural ester-based oil-blend having mineral oil as secondary oil and the resulting nanofluids are tested for various dielectric and physio-thermal properties. The results show that with the addition of nanoparticles, the breakdown voltage of nanofluids increases up to 42% as compared to pure mineral oil, 17% as compared to pure ester oil and 15% as compared to the base oil-blend. Relative permittivity and dissipation factor parameters follow a similar trend as well. Thus, the prepared nanofluids can be used as alternative insulating oils in place of the conventional mineral oil in oil-filled transformers.