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Study on staged gas production characteristics of XLPE during electrical and thermal decomposition based on experiments and molecular simulations
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Baigen WANG1, Bei QI2, 3, Guodong ZHENG1, Yan GAO1, Xichao ZHOU4, *, Zishang XU5, Yong PENG4
Insulating Materials | 2026, 59(2) : 20 - 29
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Study on staged gas production characteristics of XLPE during electrical and thermal decomposition based on experiments and molecular simulations
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Baigen WANG1, Bei QI2, 3, Guodong ZHENG1, Yan GAO1, Xichao ZHOU4, *, Zishang XU5, Yong PENG4
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  • 1Anqing Power Supply Company, State Grid Anhui Electric Power Co., Ltd., Anqing 246000, China
  • 2State Grid Electric Power Research Institute Co., Ltd., Nanjing 210000, China
  • 3State Grid Electric Power Research Institute Wuhan Energy Efficiency Evaluation Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430074, China
  • 4State Grid Integrated Energy Service Group Co., Ltd., Beijing 100051, China
  • 5China Electric Power Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100051, China
Published: 2026-02-20 doi: 10.16790/j.cnki.1009-9239.im.2026.02.003
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In order to obtain the characteristic gases generated during the decomposition of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) at different stages under electrical and thermal factors to judge the degree of degradation, we systematically studied the gas production characteristics of XLPE under thermal field and electrical field through thermogravimetric-infrared (TG-IR) experiments, high-energy discharge gas production experiments, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations based on reactive force field (ReaxFF). The results show that under the action of thermal field, XLPE primarily decomposes to generate ethylene, propylene, and long-chain hydrocarbons, accompanied by oxidation products such as CO and CO2. While under the action of electrical field, the characteristic gases are mainly acetylene and propyne, and distinct absorption peaks of propyne appear in the infrared spectrum under high-energy discharge. Molecular simulation further reveals the differences in decomposition pathways of XLPE under electric and thermal fields. Specifically, decomposition under the thermal field is dominated by end-group breakage, while the electric field accelerates free radical reactions and promotes the generation of highly unsaturated substances. Finally, a normalized characteristic gas infrared spectrum library is constructed through density functional theory (DFT) calculation. The gas production process is divided into different stages based on the turning point of thermogravimetric curve, the peak spectrum change temperature of gas infrared spectrum, and the molecular simulation trajectory time of the decomposition process. This study clarifies the characteristic gases of XLPE during electrical/thermal decomposition and the gas production mechanisms, which can provide a theoretical basis for the fault detection of XLPE cable based on gas infrared spectrum.

XLPE  /  molecular dynamics  /  gas detection  /  infrared spectrum
Baigen WANG, Bei QI, Guodong ZHENG, Yan GAO, Xichao ZHOU, Zishang XU, Yong PENG. Study on staged gas production characteristics of XLPE during electrical and thermal decomposition based on experiments and molecular simulations[J]. Insulating Materials, 2026 , 59 (2) : 20 -29 . DOI: 10.16790/j.cnki.1009-9239.im.2026.02.003
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doi: 10.16790/j.cnki.1009-9239.im.2026.02.003
  • Receive Date:2025-03-10
  • Online Date:2026-09-10
  • Published:2026-02-20
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  • Received:2025-03-10
  • Revised:2025-06-23
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    1Anqing Power Supply Company, State Grid Anhui Electric Power Co., Ltd., Anqing 246000, China
    2State Grid Electric Power Research Institute Co., Ltd., Nanjing 210000, China
    3State Grid Electric Power Research Institute Wuhan Energy Efficiency Evaluation Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430074, China
    4State Grid Integrated Energy Service Group Co., Ltd., Beijing 100051, China
    5China Electric Power Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 100051, China
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