Aging of solid insulators exposed to toxic fire byproducts

Dervos, CT; Vassiliou, P

dc.contributor.author	Dervos, CT	en
dc.contributor.author	Vassiliou, P	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:41:31Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:41:31Z
dc.date.issued	1998	en
dc.identifier.issn	01642006	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/30509
dc.subject	Case Study	en
dc.subject	Mass Spectrometry	en
dc.subject	Olive Oil	en
dc.subject.other	Aging of materials	en
dc.subject.other	Byproducts	en
dc.subject.other	Chemical attack	en
dc.subject.other	Electric cables	en
dc.subject.other	Electric conductivity measurement	en
dc.subject.other	Electric insulation	en
dc.subject.other	Fires	en
dc.subject.other	Mass spectrometry	en
dc.subject.other	Solid insulators	en
dc.subject.other	Toxic fire byproducts	en
dc.subject.other	Electric insulating materials	en
dc.title	Aging of solid insulators exposed to toxic fire byproducts	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/ELINSL.1998.694864	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ELINSL.1998.694864	en
heal.publicationDate	1998	en
heal.abstract	During fire accidents aggressive chemicals associated with the chemical decomposition of burning materials may be released. Fire by-products can be diffused and be adsorbed in to the volume of organic insulators. This is likely to initiate chemical attack leading to irreversible deterioration of the serviceability of an insulation system. The degassing in vacuum of the trapped contaminants may be practically utilized to provide information concerning fire by-product identification. The work presented investigates -as a case study- the induced ageing in polymeric cable insulation. The investigated materials were indirectly exposed in a fire accident that occurred in a fully automated margarine and olive oil production plant, where large quantities of PVC packing were burned. Toxic fire byproducts were detected in the cable insulation by means of quadrupole mass spectrometry. The electrical performance of cable insulation was examined by dc conductivity measurements in the uniform low field regime.	en
heal.publisher	IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, United States	en
heal.journalName	Conference Record of IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/ELINSL.1998.694864	en
dc.identifier.volume	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	599	en
dc.identifier.epage	602	en