@inproceedings{9cd6f84b01054fb790e102069ee06bc9,
title = "Space charge accumulation as a contributor to partial discharge activity in dielectric elastomer actuators under high voltage DC",
abstract = "Space charge accumulation is theorized to be a contributor to partial discharge activity. The analysis of partial discharge (PD) activity is a method of predicting electrical breakdown in dielectric materials. Rapid aging tests of an acrylic dielectric elastomer using a partial discharge analyzer (PDA) has shown that under DC voltage application consisting of a 1 minute period of constant voltage followed by an increase in voltage results in bursts of partial discharge activity. This paper will explore the potential cause of this phenomenon. It is theorized that space charge accumulation during the constant voltage period followed by rapid charge injection during the increase of voltage results in an impulse like stress of the elastomer causing PDs.",
keywords = "Dielectric Elastomer Actuator, Partial Discharges, Space Charge",
author = "Akeem Francis and Andrea Martinez and Kyle Thompson and Kevin Burke and Jennifer Zirnheld",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.; 2016 IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference, IPMHVC 2016 ; Conference date: 05-07-2016 Through 09-07-2016",
year = "2017",
month = aug,
day = "17",
doi = "10.1109/IPMHVC.2016.8012828",
language = "English",
series = "2016 IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference, IPMHVC 2016",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "330--335",
booktitle = "2016 IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference, IPMHVC 2016",
address = "United States",
}