Review Article

A Review on Properties, Opportunities, and Challenges of Transformer Oil-Based Nanofluids

Table 3

Breakdown results of pure oil and nanofluids [33].

MaterialBreakdown
voltage (kV)
Time to
breakdown (µs)
Average streamer velocity (km/s)Enhancement of breakdown voltage (%)
AverageSDAverageSD

Pure oil51.840.484.440.331.1260
Fe3O4 nanofluid62.860.885.240.830.95421.3
TiO2 nanofluid65.721.105.400.650.92626.8
Al2O3 nanofluid66.241.146.120.680.81727.8