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Standard Test Methods for AC Loss Characteristics and Permittivity (Dielectric Constant) of Solid Electrical Insulation
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ASTM D150-22

Standard Test Methods for AC Loss Characteristics and Permittivity (Dielectric Constant) of Solid Electrical Insulation

PUBLISH DATE 2022
PAGES 20
ASTM D150-22

1.1Ā These test methods cover the determination of relative permittivity, dissipation factor, loss index, power factor, phase angle, and loss angle of specimens of solid electrical insulating materials when the standards used are lumped impedances. The frequency range addressed extends from less than 1 Hz to several hundred megahertz.

Note 1:Ā In common usage, the word relative is frequently dropped.

1.2Ā These test methods provide general information on a variety of electrodes, apparatus, and measurement techniques. A reader interested in issues associated with a specific material needs to consult ASTM standards or other documents directly applicable to the material to be tested.2,3

1.3Ā This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific hazard statements, see 10.2.1.

1.4Ā This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

1.1Ā These test methods cover the determination of relative permittivity, dissipation factor, loss index, power factor, phase angle, and loss angle of specimens of solid electrical insulating materials when the standards used are lumped impedances. The frequency range addressed extends from less than 1 Hz to several hundred megahertz.

Note 1:Ā In common usage, the word relative is frequently dropped.

1.2Ā These test methods provide general information on a variety of electrodes, apparatus, and measurement techniques. A reader interested in issues associated with a specific material needs to consult ASTM standards or other documents directly applicable to the material to be tested.2,3

1.3Ā This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific hazard statements, see 10.2.1.

1.4Ā This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

5.1 Permittivityā€” Insulating materials are used in general in two distinct ways, (1) to support and insulate components of an electrical network from each other and from ground, and (2) to function as the dielectric of a capacitor. For the first use, it is generally desirable to have the capacitance of the support as small as possible, consistent with acceptable mechanical, chemical, and heat-resisting properties. A low value of permittivity is thus desirable. For the second use, it is desirable to have a high value of permittivity, so that the capacitor is able to be physically as small as possible. Intermediate values of permittivity are sometimes used for grading stresses at the edge or end of a conductor to minimize ac corona. Factors affecting permittivity are discussed in Appendix X3.

5.2 AC Lossā€” For both cases (as electrical insulation and as capacitor dielectric) the ac loss generally needs to be small, both in order to reduce the heating of the material and to minimize its effect on the rest of the network. In high frequency applications, a low value of loss index is particularly desirable, since for a given value of loss index, the dielectric loss increases directly with frequency. In certain dielectric configurations such as are used in terminating bushings and cables for test, an increased loss, usually obtained from increased conductivity, is sometimes introduced to control the voltage gradient. In comparisons of materials having approximately the same permittivity or in the use of any material under such conditions that its permittivity remains essentially constant, it is potentially useful to consider also dissipation factor, power factor, phase angle, or loss angle. Factors affecting ac loss are discussed in Appendix X3.

5.3 Correlationā€” When adequate correlating data are available, dissipation factor or power factor are useful to indicate the characteristics of a material in other respects such as dielectric breakdown, moisture content, degree of cure, and deterioration from any cause. However, it is possible that deterioration due to thermal aging will not affect dissipation factor unless the material is subsequently exposed to moisture. While the initial value of dissipation factor is important, the change in dissipation factor with aging is often much more significant.

5.4 Capacitance is the ratio of a quantity, q, of electricity to a potential difference, V. A capacitance value is always positive. The units are farads when the charge is expressed in coulombs and the potential in volts:

Equation D0150-22_1

5.5 Dissipation factor (D), (loss tangent), (tan Ī“) is the ratio of the loss index (Īŗ") to the relative permittivity (Īŗā€²) which is equal to the tangent of its loss angle (Ī“) or the cotangent of its phase angle (Īø) (see Fig. 1 and Fig. 2).

Equation D0150-22_2

The reciprocal of the dissipation factor is the quality factor, Q, sometimes called the storage factor. The dissipation factor, D, of the capacitor is the same for both the series and parallel representations as follows:

Equation D0150-22_4

The relationships between series and parallel components are as follows:

  • Equation D0150-22_5
  • Equation D0150-22_6

5.5.2 Series Representationā€” While the parallel representation of an insulating material having a dielectric loss (Fig. 3) is usually the proper representation, it is always possible and occasionally desirable to represent a capacitor at a single frequency by a capacitance, Cs, in series with a resistance, Rs (Fig. 4 and Fig. 2).

FIG. 3 Parallel Circuit

Parallel Circuit Parallel Circuit

FIG. 4 Series Circuit

Series Circuit Series Circuit

5.6 Loss angle ((phase defect angle), (Ī“)) is the angle whose tangent is the dissipation factor or arctan Īŗ"/Īŗā€² or whose cotangent is the phase angle.

5.6.1 The relation of phase angle and loss angle is shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. Loss angle is sometimes called the phase defect angle.

5.7 Loss index (Īŗ" (Īµr")) is the magnitude of the imaginary part of the relative complex permittivity; it is the product of the relative permittivity and dissipation factor.

5.7.1 The loss index is expressed as:

Equation D0150-22_7

When the power loss is in watts, the applied voltage is in volts per centimeter, the frequency is in hertz, the volume is the cubic centimeters to which the voltage is applied, the constant has the value of 5.556ā€‰Ć—ā€‰10āˆ’13.

Note 2: Loss index is the term agreed upon internationally. In the United States, Īŗ" was formerly called the loss factor.

5.8 Phase angle (Īø) is the angle whose cotangent is the dissipation factor, arccot Īŗ"/Īŗā€² and is also the angular difference in the phase between the sinusoidal alternating voltage applied to a dielectric and the component of the resulting current having the same frequency as the voltage.

5.8.1 The relation of phase angle and loss angle is shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. Loss angle is sometimes called the phase defect angle.

5.9 Power factor (PF) is the ratio of the power in watts, W, dissipated in a material to the product of the effective sinusoidal voltage, V, and current, I, in volt-amperes.

5.9.1 Power factor is expressed as the cosine of the phase angle Īø (or the sine of the loss angle Ī“).

Equation D0150-22_8

When the dissipation factor is less than 0.1, the power factor differs from the dissipation factor by less than 0.5ā€‰%. Their exact relationship is found from the following:

Equation D0150-22_9

5.10 Relative permittivity ((relative dielectric constant) (SIC) Īŗā€²(Īµr
SDO ASTM: ASTM International
Document Number D150
Publication Date Sept. 1, 2022
Language en - English
Page Count 20
Revision Level 22
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