ReaxFF-based Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Decomposition of Kapton Polyimide Under Stress of DC Corona Discharge
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ReaxFF-based Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Decomposition of Kapton Polyimide Under Stress of DC Corona Discharge
Vol. 46, Issue 1, Pages: 215-223(2020)
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1. 高电压与电磁兼容北京市重点实验室(华北电力大学)
2. 中国电力科学研究院有限公司
3. 曼彻斯特大学电气与电子工程学院
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Published Online:31 January 2020,
Published:2020
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HUANG Xuwei, LIU Tao, SHU Xiang, et al. ReaxFF-based Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Decomposition of Kapton Polyimide Under Stress of DC Corona Discharge[J]. 2020, 46(1): 215-223.
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HUANG Xuwei, LIU Tao, SHU Xiang, et al. ReaxFF-based Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Decomposition of Kapton Polyimide Under Stress of DC Corona Discharge[J]. 2020, 46(1): 215-223.DOI:
ReaxFF-based Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Decomposition of Kapton Polyimide Under Stress of DC Corona Discharge
The impact of the energetic plasma produced by corona discharge in air will lead to breakage of C—C bonds in the main chain of polymer
and gradually lose their insulation properties. Kapton-type polyimide film are widely used in gas-solid insulation of DC UHV power equipment
and the corona effect will directly affect the security and stability of equipment and even UHV power system. Consequently
we investigated the chemical reactions of polyimide in DC corona discharge plasma(O
3
–
HO–
H
3
O+
NO+ and positive/negative polar ions)
respectively
in similar conditions to explain the degradation mechanism. The ReaxFF reactive force field molecular dynamics method was applied to simulate the de
composition of Kapton under the influence of DC corona discharge. The simulation results indicate that transfer energy will occur when the Kapton contacts with impact plasma ions
followed by chemical reactions with plasma and dissociated active free radicals
resulting in polyimide backbone cleavage. Thus
the gaseous small molecules(mainly in carbon monoxide and water vapor) are released. It is confirmed that the positive DC corona is more obvious to the polyimide by the polarity corona effect simulation
which is consistent with the experimental results. As the simulations above demonstrate
ReaxFF can provide an effective micro mechanism for clarifying the effect of polyimide insulation failure caused by discharge.