Effects of Different Kinds of Supporting Electrolyte on the Electrochemical Test of T501

Abstract

The functions of transformer oil in the transformer were insulation and cooling, its position was very important. Oil usually keeps its good oxidation resistance by adding antioxidants, the most common used antioxidants in the transformer oil was T501, the oxidation rate of oil could be delayed significantly by adding it, thereby the life of oil would be prolonged. But the electrochemical performance of oil would be affected by the excessive addition of antioxidants, so it was important to determine the content antioxidant precisely. This paper mainly studied under the three electrode system, the determined electrode material and electrode size, studied the influence of support electrolyte species on the determination of T501 by electrochemical methods, choose the most suitable electrolyte solution type. It was further demonstrated that the working electrode was a 4 mm-diameter graphite electrode, Pt coil was used as the counter electrode, the reference electrode was a calomel electrode, the optimum electrolyte was KOH, optimum organic solvent was 98% ethanol solution.