Method for inspecting aging state of silicone rubber composite insulating material

• US 10,209,197 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2017
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tsinghua University
• Original Assignee: Tsinghua University
• Inventors: Wang, Xilin, Wang, Han, Ye, Weian, Jia, Zhidong
• Primary Examiner(s): Chowdhury, Tarifur R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cook, Jonathon
• Application Number:
  US15/836,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20180100804A1
• Time in Patent Office: 438 Days
• Field of Search: 356318
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/443 Emission spectrometry
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/718 Laser microanalysis, i.e. with formation of sample plasma
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/952 Inspecting the exterior surface of cylindrical bodies or wires G01N21/956 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 3/28 natural or synthetic rubbers
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 3/46 silicones

Abstract

A method for inspecting an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulating material comprises the following steps: bombarding, for multiple times and by a pulsed laser beam, selected points on a surface of a silicone rubber composite insulating material to be inspected to generate a plasma; collecting spectrum information emitted by the plasma at each bombardment, and extracting, from the collected spectrum information, a spectral property indicator of a specific constituent element of the silicone rubber composite insulating material at each bombardment; and determining aging state information of the silicone rubber composite insulating material according to the change pattern of the spectral property indicator of the specific constituent element with respect to the bombardment depth. The method enables the rapid and accurate inspection of an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulating material, and avoids the destructive tests required in the prior art.

Claims

1. A method for inspecting an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulating material, comprising the following steps:

S1;

bombarding, for multiple times and by a pulsed laser beam, selected points on a surface of a silicone rubber composite insulating material to be inspected to generate a plasma, and measuring a bombardment depth formed in the silicone rubber composite insulating material after each bombardment;

S2;

collecting spectrum information emitted by the plasma at each bombardment, and extracting, from the collected spectrum information, a spectral property indicator of a specific constituent element of the silicone rubber composite insulating material at each bombardment, wherein the spectral property indicator comprises at least a spectral-line intensity characteristic of a characteristic spectral line;

S3;

determining a change pattern of the spectral property indicator of the specific constituent element with respect to the bombardment depth; and

S4;

determining changes of chemical compositions of the silicon rubber composite insulating material in along a depth direction of the silicon rubber composite insulating material in accordance with the change pattern, so as to obtain aging depth information of the silicone rubber composite insulating material,

wherein in Step S1, the selected points on the surface of the silicone rubber composite insulating material to be inspected are bombarded for multiple times by a pulsed laser beam under the same bombardment conditions;

in Step S3, a change pattern of the spectral property indicator of the specific constituent element with respect to the number of bombardments is determined, to reflect the change pattern of the spectral property indicator of the specific constituent element with respect to the bombardment depth; and

in Step S4, the aging depth information of the silicone rubber composite insulating material is determined according to a linear relationship between the bombardment depth and the number of bombardments under the same bombardment conditions and the change pattern of the spectral property indicator of the specific constituent element with respect to the number of bombardments.

2. The method for inspecting an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulating material according to claim 1, wherein the selected points comprise a plurality of selected points at different locations on the surface of the silicone rubber composite insulating material;

and in Step S4, average aging state information of the silicone rubber composite insulating material at the plurality of selected points is determined.

3. The method for inspecting an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulating material according to claim 1, wherein the bombardment conditions comprise single pulse energy, frequency, spot area, and angle of bombardment of the pulsed laser beam.

4. The method for inspecting an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulating material according to claim 1, wherein in Step S2, the specific constituent element detected comprises a first element and a second element, characteristic spectral lines of the first element and the second element at each bombardment are determined from the collected spectrum information, and a spectral line intensity ratio of the second element to the first element is calculated;

in Step S3, a change pattern of the spectral line intensity ratio of the second element to the first element with respect to the bombardment depth is determined; and

in Step S4, the aging state information of the silicone rubber composite insulating material is determined according to the change pattern of the spectral line intensity ratio of the second element to the first element with respect to the bombardment depth.

5. The method for inspecting an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulating material according to claim 2, wherein in Step S2, the specific constituent element detected comprises a first element and a second element, characteristic spectral lines of the first element and the second element at each bombardment are determined from the collected spectrum information, and a spectral line intensity ratio of the second element to the first element is calculated;

in Step S3, a change pattern of the spectral line intensity ratio of the second element to the first element with respect to the bombardment depth is determined; and

in Step S4, the aging state information of the silicone rubber composite insulating material is determined according to the change pattern of the spectral line intensity ratio of the second element to the first element with respect to the bombardment depth.

6. The method for inspecting an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulating material according to claim 4, wherein in Step S2, an element with a relatively stable spectral line intensity at multiple bombardments is selected as the first element, and an element with a relatively unstable spectral line intensity at multiple bombardments is selected as the second element.

7. The method for inspecting an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulating material according to claim 4, wherein the spectral property indicator further comprises the temperature and the electron density of the plasma.

8. The method for inspecting an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulating material according to claim 1, wherein the silicone rubber composite insulating material is a composite material for power transmission lines and transformer equipment.

9. The method for inspecting an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulating material according to claim 8, wherein the composite material for power transmission lines and transformer equipment is an RTV coating of glass and ceramic insulators, a shed material of composite insulators, or a cannula sheathing material.

10. The method for inspecting an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulating material according to claim 1, wherein the inspection is carried out with a laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) system.