US2257870A - Insulating oil - Google Patents
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- C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
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- H01B—CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
- H01B3/00—Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by the insulating materials; Selection of materials for their insulating or dielectric properties
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- This invention relates to insulating oils; and it is particularly concerned with an improved transformer oil having high resistance to deterioration by oxidation and sludging, comprising a highly refined petroleum oil, a small amount of a water and alkali insoluble alkylated phenol antioxidant, particularly 2,6-di-tertiarybutyl-4-methyl phenol, and a small amount of N-tetra-hydrofurfuryi-p-aminophenol; all as more fully hereinafter set forth and as claimed.
- a transformer oil which serves as an insulating oil and "for carrying heat away from the core and windings.
- a transformer oil includes. good dielectric properties, low viscosity to facilitate heat transfer by convection, low pour point to avoid solidification of the oil by cold, high flash and fire points to minimize danger of fire and explosion and low volatility to reduce evaporation losses.
- 011 must be resistant to oxidation and sludging, and mustbe of such character as to resist emulsiflcation with water.
- Transformer oils ordinarily are distillate oils refined in such. manner as to secure the specified characteristics to as great an extent as possible.
- Oxidational changes may result in the formation of insoluble matter or sludge.
- the sludge tends to render the oil more miscible with water, with production of emulsions in the presence of condensed water and a consequent degradation of the dielectric properties of the 011 body.
- the sludge also deposits on the windings and core with reduction of the emciency of heat transfer. Oxidation of transformer oils tends to be promoted by contact with metals, especially copper, and
- the usual anti-oxidants may be dividedin two principal classeslfl) those which are associated with a lengthening of the induction period, that is fore appearance of sludge in the oil subject to oxidation, and (2) those which reduce the rate at which sludge is formed after it once begins to form.
- criterion is a value which takes into account both these characteristics, viz., the time required, under the test conditions, to form a definite amount of sludge, say 0.1 per cent by weight of the oil.
- the 2,4,6-tri-alkylated monohydroxy phenols the time which elapses be- 2,6-dl-tertiary-butyli-methyl phenol in the usual amounts of 0.1 to 1.0 per cent by weight.
- amounts of N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-paminophenol corresponding to about 0.003 to 0.05 per cent by weight have proved sufllclent although larger amounts may be usedwithout deleterious effect.
- the amount which may be used is substantially limited by the saturation solubility of the N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-p aminophenol in the oil, which is usually about 0.08 per cent by weight, this compound being substantially more soluble in 011 than most other furfuryl-p-amino compounds.
- the oil employed in all of the tests set forth hereinbelow was a typical petroleum transformer oil, commonly used for the purpose indicated.
- An electrical insulating oil composition comprising a petroleum oil having a stabilizing amount of an alkali insoluble 2,4,6-tri-alkylated' mono-hydroxy phenol and a stabilizing amount of N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-p-aminophenol dissolved therein.
- An electrical petroleum oil having 0.1 to 1.0 per cent by weight of 2,6-di-tertiary-butyl-4-methy1 phenol and 0.003 to 0.08 per cent by weight of N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-p-aminophenol dissolved therein.
- insulating oil composition comprising a petroleum oil having a smal
Description
Patented Oct. 7, 1941 UNITED s'ra'rss PATENT QFF'ICE 2.251370 msomrmo on. Charles E. 'Irautman, East McKeespo r... assignor to all Research & Development Company, Pittsburgh, Pa, a corporation or Delaware.
so Drawing. Application October :1, 1940,
Serial No. 863,752 I (cusseer I This invention relates to insulating oils; and it is particularly concerned with an improved transformer oil having high resistance to deterioration by oxidation and sludging, comprising a highly refined petroleum oil, a small amount of a water and alkali insoluble alkylated phenol antioxidant, particularly 2,6-di-tertiarybutyl-4-methyl phenol, and a small amount of N-tetra-hydrofurfuryi-p-aminophenol; all as more fully hereinafter set forth and as claimed.
In many types of electrical transformers the core and windings are immersed in a suitable petroleum oil, which serves as an insulating oil and "for carrying heat away from the core and windings. Therequirements ,of a transformer oil include. good dielectric properties, low viscosity to facilitate heat transfer by convection, low pour point to avoid solidification of the oil by cold, high flash and fire points to minimize danger of fire and explosion and low volatility to reduce evaporation losses. In addition the 011 must be resistant to oxidation and sludging, and mustbe of such character as to resist emulsiflcation with water.
Transformer oils ordinarily are distillate oils refined in such. manner as to secure the specified characteristics to as great an extent as possible.
having four or more carbon atoms in the alkyl groups ortho to the hydroxyl group and which are substantially insoluble in water and in dilute aqueous alkali, have proved particularly satisfactory as anti-oxidants in transformer oils in lengthening the induction period before sludge begins to form. The compound 2,6-di-tertiarybutyl-4-methyi phenol is quite effective for this purpose. It has been found however that after the induction period in a transformer oil containing a compound .of this class, the rate of sludge formation is sometimes greater than in the original oil.
- to form 9.1 per cent of sludge in the oil is often shorter than would be expected in view of the prolonged induction period.
I have discovered that this difliculty can be overcome by incorporating in a transformer oil along with the 2,6-di-tertiary-butyl-4-methyl phenol or other alkylated phenol anti-oxidant of this class, a small amount of N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-p-aminophenol having the formula:
Achievement of satisfactory oxidation resistance is dimcult, for while oxidational changes are slow, transformer oils are ordinarily expected to remain in service over long periods. Oxidational changes may result in the formation of insoluble matter or sludge. The sludge tends to render the oil more miscible with water, with production of emulsions in the presence of condensed water and a consequent degradation of the dielectric properties of the 011 body. The sludge also deposits on the windings and core with reduction of the emciency of heat transfer. Oxidation of transformer oils tends to be promoted by contact with metals, especially copper, and
with the usual varnishes and insulating materials.
Various materials have been proposed for incorporation into transformer oils with the object of inhibiting oxidation, and some of these have come into use. The usual anti-oxidants may be dividedin two principal classeslfl) those which are associated with a lengthening of the induction period, that is fore appearance of sludge in the oil subject to oxidation, and (2) those which reduce the rate at which sludge is formed after it once begins to form. In evaluating oils containing anti-0x1 dants, the most useful. criterion is a value which takes into account both these characteristics, viz., the time required, under the test conditions, to form a definite amount of sludge, say 0.1 per cent by weight of the oil.
The 2,4,6-tri-alkylated monohydroxy phenols the time which elapses be- 2,6-dl-tertiary-butyli-methyl phenol in the usual amounts of 0.1 to 1.0 per cent by weight. In general amounts of N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-paminophenol corresponding to about 0.003 to 0.05 per cent by weight have proved sufllclent although larger amounts may be usedwithout deleterious effect. The amount which may be used is substantially limited by the saturation solubility of the N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-p aminophenol in the oil, which is usually about 0.08 per cent by weight, this compound being substantially more soluble in 011 than most other furfuryl-p-amino compounds.
In the following table, comparative test results on sludge formation are shown for an untreated Thus the total time required transformer .oil, the same oil containing 2,6-ditertiary-butyl-i-methyl phenol, the same 01] containing N-tetrahydrofurfuryi-p-aminophenol and the same oil containing 2,6-di-tertlarybutyl-4-methyl phenol together with N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-p-aminophenol. The test data. were obtained in accordance with the sludge formation test for mineral transformer oil, described by F. M. Clark and E. A. Snyder in their paper entitled Testing for Sludge Formation in Mineral Transformer Oil" presented at the thirty-ninth annual meeting for the American Society for Testing Materials. The test procedure described in the aforesaid paper was developed in collaboration with the laboratories of a considerable number of firms engaged in oil refining and in the manufacture of electrical equipment.
In this test, samples of oil are maintained in tubes containing copper wire at a constant temperature of 120 C. 0.5 C. The tubes are open at the top to an enclosed air space and dry air is passed at a controlled rate of 1% to 2 cubic feet per hour through the enclosed space above the same tubes. Into each tube is introduced 22 grams of oil or oil composition to-be tested, a number of tubes being employed. At prescribed intervals the tubes are successively removed and the amount of sludge determined. The results of these tests are reported in terms of the induction period, the percent of sludge formed per day and the total number of days taken to form 0.1 per cent of sludge.
The oil employed in all of the tests set forth hereinbelow was a typical petroleum transformer oil, commonly used for the purpose indicated.
(A) -0.37 2 B-di-tertiary-butyl-i-methyl phenol. (B) 0.02%., N-tetmhydroiuriuryi-p-aminophenol.
It will be observed from these results that while the rate of sludge formation after the induction period was substantially increased by 2,6-di-tertiary-butyl i-methyl phenol and was substantially decreased by N-tetra-hydrofurfuryl-p-aminophenol the two reagents together have a rate lower even than that for the N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-p-aminophenol alone; and while the N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-p-aminophenol decreased the induction period of the oil containing 2,6-di-tertiary-butyl-4-methyl phenol the net result of the combined action of the 2,6,- di-tertiary-butyl-i-methyl phenol and the N- tetrahydroiuriuryl-p-aminophenol was to give an oil having a greatly prolonged useful life.
While my invention has been described herein with particular reference to transformer oil compositions, the combination of 2,6-di-tertiarybutyl4-methyl phenol with N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-p-aminophenol is equally eilective in stabilizing other forms of electrical insulating oils against oxidational deterioration, and insulating oils generally containing stabilizing amount of these compounds are included within the scope of my invention.
What I claim is:
1. An electrical insulating oil composition comprising a petroleum oil having a stabilizing amount of an alkali insoluble 2,4,6-tri-alkylated' mono-hydroxy phenol and a stabilizing amount of N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-p-aminophenol dissolved therein.
2. An electrical petroleum oil having 0.1 to 1.0 per cent by weight of 2,6-di-tertiary-butyl-4-methy1 phenol and 0.003 to 0.08 per cent by weight of N-tetrahydrofurfuryl-p-aminophenol dissolved therein.
CHARLES E. TRAUTMAN.
insulating oil composition comprising a petroleum oil having a smal
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US2420686A (en) * | 1943-03-03 | 1947-05-20 | Sonotone Corp | Hearing aid amplifier |
US2512886A (en) * | 1946-10-17 | 1950-06-27 | Gen Electric | Dielectric composition |
US2892166A (en) * | 1955-01-20 | 1959-06-23 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Additive for dielectric fluid of transformer assembly |
US3673093A (en) * | 1966-06-03 | 1972-06-27 | Montedison Spa | Liquid dielectric composition of alkyl benzene and an antioxidation stabilizer |
WO1993002165A1 (en) * | 1991-07-15 | 1993-02-04 | Esso Societe Anonyme Française | Oil composition |
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US2420686A (en) * | 1943-03-03 | 1947-05-20 | Sonotone Corp | Hearing aid amplifier |
US2512886A (en) * | 1946-10-17 | 1950-06-27 | Gen Electric | Dielectric composition |
US2892166A (en) * | 1955-01-20 | 1959-06-23 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Additive for dielectric fluid of transformer assembly |
US3673093A (en) * | 1966-06-03 | 1972-06-27 | Montedison Spa | Liquid dielectric composition of alkyl benzene and an antioxidation stabilizer |
WO1993002165A1 (en) * | 1991-07-15 | 1993-02-04 | Esso Societe Anonyme Française | Oil composition |
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