A composition for manufacturing a crosslinked ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) copolymer with enhanced abrasion resistance and heat resistance is provided, the composition including ETFE, about 0.1-10% w/w of a metal oxide that effectively scavenges high levels of fluoride ions; and a crosslinking agent. Methods of using and making the composition are also provided.

Provided is a method for regulating a thermal boundary conductance between a metal and an insulator, including: arranging a metal on a surface of an insulator, a contact surface between the metal and the insulator being a boundary between the metal and the insulator; and the insulator including a ferroelectric, a piezoelectric, or a pyroelectric; applying an external electric field or stress to the ferroelectric, and adjusting a magnitude of the external electric field or stress, or an included angle between a direction of the external electric field or stress with the boundary to regulate the thermal boundary conductance; or applying a stress to the piezoelectric, and adjusting a magnitude of the stress, or an included angle between a direction of the stress with the boundary to regulate the thermal boundary conductancer; or adjusting a temperature of the pyroelectric to regulate the thermal boundary conductance.

Electrical field grading material which comprises a non-polar elastomeric polymer, a phyllosilicate filler and a carbon black filler, wherein any carbon black filler present in the electric field grading material has a dibutyl phthalate (DBP) absorption number from 30 to 80 ml/100 g. The above material may be used in electrical cable accessories, particularly electrical cable joints or terminations for medium or high voltage cable. The electrical field grading material according to the present invention has varioresistive properties, particularly a significant variation of electrical conductivity as a function of the applied voltage within a reduced voltage range, so as to guarantee a high value of conductivity above a critical value of the electrical field, and therefore to ensure an even distribution of the electrical field lines within the material.

The present disclosure relates to insulation systems. The teachings thereof may be embodied in an insulation system for an electrical machine. For example, an insulation system may comprise: solid insulation materials; an impregnating resin having oxirane functionalities; a depot accelerator distributed throughout the solid insulation materials; and a catalyst for initiating hardening of the impregnating resin, wherein the catalyst is at least partly in gaseous form under hardening conditions.

A dielectric composite material includes an electrical insulator and primary nanoparticles. The primary nanoparticles are dispersed, without forming agglomerates, within the electrical insulator. The primary nanoparticles are of one more of the following types: aluminum, aluminum oxide, or aluminum coated with a surface oxide layer, and the electrical insulator being a dissimilar material from the primary nanoparticles

A method for preparing an HVDC cable for jointing or termination includes the step of providing a section of an HVDC cable comprising a conductor surrounded by a first semiconducting layer, and at least one insulation layer of a first polymer material surrounding the first semiconducting layer, where the insulation layer comprises conductive volatile by-products. A tape of a second polymer material is provided, where the additional layer comprises conductive volatile by-products. The tape is lapped onto the insulation layer thereby forming an additional layer. Heat is applied to crosslink the additional layer and redistribute the conductive volatile by-products.

The present arrangement provides for an electric cable having at least one insulated conductor and a jacket surrounding the at least one insulated conductor. The polymer composition of the jacket includes at least a base polymer, a first lubricant and a second lubricant. The first lubricant is paraffin oil lubricant included in the polymer composition of the jacket in the range of 0.8%-2% by weight and the second lubricant is a siloxane lubricant included in the polymer composition of the jacket in the range of 0.25%-1.0% by weight.

[Object] To provide a transmission line having an excellent transmission characteristic.

[Means for resolution] There is provided a transmission line including a conductor and a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer includes plural bubbles and plural acicular nucleating agents, and when, based on observed lengths of the plurality of acicular nucleating agents observed in a cross section of the dielectric layer, the nucleating agents having lengths longer than a median value of the observed lengths are classified into a long nucleating agent group and the nucleating agents having lengths shorter than the median value of the observed lengths are classified into a short nucleating agent group, an average length of the nucleating agents in the long nucleating agent group is 3.5 times or less an average length of the nucleating agents in the short nucleating agent group.

A semiconductive polymer composition comprising: (a) an ethylene alkyl (meth) acrylate copolymer; (b) 15 to 48 wt % carbon black having an iodine adsorption number of 85 to 140 mg/g (ASTM D 1510-19a), an oil absorption number of 90 to 110 ml/100 g (ASTM D 2414-19) and an average primary particle size of 29 nm or less (ASTM D 3849-14a); and (c) 0.05 to 2.0 wt % of 4,4-bis(1,1-dimethylbenzyl)diphenylamine; all weight percentages being based on the total weight of the semiconductive polymer composition.

A semiconductive polymer composition comprising: (a) an ethylene C1-2-alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer having an MFR2 of 4.5 g/10 min or more and a C1-2-alkyl (meth)acrylate content of at least 9.0 wt % based on the total weight of the ethylene C1-2-alkyl alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer; (b) 35.0 to 48 wt % carbon black having an iodine adsorption number of 85 to 140 mg/g (ASTM D 1510-19a), an oil absorption number of 90 to 110 ml/100 g (ASTM D 2414-19) and an average primary particle size of 29 nm or less (ASTM D 3849-14a); and (c) 0.05 to 2.0 wt % of at least one antioxidant; all weight percentages being based on the total weight of the semiconductive polymer composition, unless mentioned otherwise.