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Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy: A Viable Technique for Aging Assessment of Low-Voltage Cable Insulation Used in Nuclear Power Plants
This paper deals with the study of a non-destructive technique to detect the aging state of cable insulation used in a nuclear environment subjected to radiation and temperature aging. Cable samples were aged under dose rates ranging from 0.42 and 1.06 kGy/h at 55 and 85 °C. The imaginary part of th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7915522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33557400 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13040494 |
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author | Fabiani, Davide Suraci, Simone Vincenzo |
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description | This paper deals with the study of a non-destructive technique to detect the aging state of cable insulation used in a nuclear environment subjected to radiation and temperature aging. Cable samples were aged under dose rates ranging from 0.42 and 1.06 kGy/h at 55 and 85 °C. The imaginary part of the permittivity at 100 kHz is found to correlate well with mechanical properties, such as elongation at break, which is typically used to diagnose cable insulation, but it is a destructive property and cannot be used on field. It has been demonstrated also that a post-irradiation effect occurs even years after aging is stopped, increasing the imaginary permittivity and worsening mechanical properties due to the slow conversion of radicals into oxidized species. The main consequence is that when cable insulation is subjected to a nuclear accident, releasing a huge amount of radiation, the health of cable insulation must be followed also for a long time after the accident occurred, since aging due to oxidation progresses even when the radiation source is switched off. |
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spelling | pubmed-79155222021-03-01 Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy: A Viable Technique for Aging Assessment of Low-Voltage Cable Insulation Used in Nuclear Power Plants Fabiani, Davide Suraci, Simone Vincenzo Polymers (Basel) Article This paper deals with the study of a non-destructive technique to detect the aging state of cable insulation used in a nuclear environment subjected to radiation and temperature aging. Cable samples were aged under dose rates ranging from 0.42 and 1.06 kGy/h at 55 and 85 °C. The imaginary part of the permittivity at 100 kHz is found to correlate well with mechanical properties, such as elongation at break, which is typically used to diagnose cable insulation, but it is a destructive property and cannot be used on field. It has been demonstrated also that a post-irradiation effect occurs even years after aging is stopped, increasing the imaginary permittivity and worsening mechanical properties due to the slow conversion of radicals into oxidized species. The main consequence is that when cable insulation is subjected to a nuclear accident, releasing a huge amount of radiation, the health of cable insulation must be followed also for a long time after the accident occurred, since aging due to oxidation progresses even when the radiation source is switched off. MDPI 2021-02-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7915522/ /pubmed/33557400 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13040494 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Fabiani, Davide Suraci, Simone Vincenzo Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy: A Viable Technique for Aging Assessment of Low-Voltage Cable Insulation Used in Nuclear Power Plants |
title | Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy: A Viable Technique for Aging Assessment of Low-Voltage Cable Insulation Used in Nuclear Power Plants |
title_full | Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy: A Viable Technique for Aging Assessment of Low-Voltage Cable Insulation Used in Nuclear Power Plants |
title_fullStr | Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy: A Viable Technique for Aging Assessment of Low-Voltage Cable Insulation Used in Nuclear Power Plants |
title_full_unstemmed | Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy: A Viable Technique for Aging Assessment of Low-Voltage Cable Insulation Used in Nuclear Power Plants |
title_short | Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy: A Viable Technique for Aging Assessment of Low-Voltage Cable Insulation Used in Nuclear Power Plants |
title_sort | broadband dielectric spectroscopy: a viable technique for aging assessment of low-voltage cable insulation used in nuclear power plants |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7915522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33557400 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13040494 |
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