Viscosity Reduction of Palm Oil via Ultrasonic Radiation

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Insulation is one of the most important parts in the power transformer. Palm oil impregnated paper is investigated to replace the mineral oil impregnated paper due to the high viscosity of palm oil compared to the viscosity of the mineral oil. This paper discussed on ultrasonic radiation technique that was used to reduce the viscosity of the vegetable oil (palm oil) for transformer insulation application. The ultrasonic equipment produces 500W heating power, 240W ultrasonic power at a fixed frequency of 40 kHz. Ultrasonic radiation was applied on oil samples at 30 °C, 50 °C and 75 °C by using the sonicator water bath for several periods of time. The results show up to 42.6 % reduction from the original viscosity of palm oil and proved to have a long term effect on the viscosity of palm oil. The cavitation bubbles that occur in the sample during radiation is one of the mechanism in viscosity reduction.

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