Dielectric Materials for Electrical Engineering

Part one is particularly concerned with physical properties, electrical ageing and modeling with topics such as the physics of charged dielectric materials, conduction mechanisms, dielectric relaxation, space charge, electric ageing and life end models and dielectric experimental characterization. Part two concerns some applications specific to dielectric materials: insulating oils for transformers, electro-rheological fluids, electrolytic capacitors, ionic membranes, photovoltaic conversion, dielectric thermal control coatings for geostationary satellites, plastics recycling and piezoelectric polymers.

1. Physics of dielectric materials. 2. Physics of charged dielectric materials. 3. Conduction mechanisms and charge transport modeling in insulating organics: trends and perspectives. 4. Dielectric relaxation in polymeric materials. 5. Electrification. 6. Space charge. Definition, history, measurement. 7. Dielectric materials under electronic irradiation in a scanning electron microscope. 8. Precursor phenomena and dielectric breakdown of solids. 9. Electric ageing and life end models: trends and prospects. 10. The insulating material response to electrical charging: measurements and models. 11. The Pulse Electro Acoustic Method Evolution and development perspectives for space charge measurements. 12. FLIMM and FLAMM methods. 3D space charge distribution on a micrometer scale. 13. The induced laser pressure wave method for space charge measurements. 14. The Thermal Step Method for Space Charge Measurements. 15. Dielectric characterization by physico-chemical techniques. 16. Insulating oils for transformers. 17. Electrorheological fluids. 18. Electrolytic capacitors. 19. Ionic exchange membranes for use in fuel cells (PEMFC). 20. Organic semi-conducting materials for electroluminescent devices and photovoltaic conversion. 21. The dielectric thermal control coatings for geostationary satellites: trends and prospects. 22. Plastics recycling. 23. Piezoelectric polymers and their applications. 24. Polymeric isolators in electro technical industry: examples of some applications, utilisation constraints, trends.