Studies on the behavior of tribo-electrification between the lubricated surfaces

• Main Authors: Min-Hsiung Huang, 黃敏雄
• Other Authors: Yuang-Cherng Chiou
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46575961675350251886

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 機械與機電工程學系研究所 === 91 === ABSTRACT Electrostatic discharge (ESD) influences a lot in the industries of petrochemistry, semiconductor, and electronics. ESD is one of the reasons for the deterioration of the lubricant in the lubrication system. In this study, to understand the performance of the frictional electrification of the lubricant, the reciprocating frictional electrification tester with the measurement systems is employed to investigate the friction electrification under the dry and lubricated conditions. The materials of the specimens are made of Fe and PTFE, and the paraffin base oil is used as the lubricant. Furthermore, the effects of the load, the sliding speed, and the duration of the friction on the friction electrification are investigated. Results show that the electrification voltage in the lubricated condition is much higher than that in the dry condition for the all-material pairs, but the surface voltage is reverse. The measured voltage is lower for the pair of Fe/PTFE and PTFE/Fe because the capacitance effect of the isolator disappears. When two conductors become a capacitor by inserting an insulator, such as Fe/PTFE-Fe, the frictional voltage is about 2~3 times higher than the other pairs because of the isolator capacitance. Moreover, the rotational speed, the normal load, and the duration also affect the output voltage. Among them, the rotational speed is the most significant parameter. At a certain normal load, the oil and the iron have different polarities, and their voltages increase with increasing rotational speed for Fe/Fe pair. In the polarity study; the tribo-electrification mechanism is proposed for Fe/PTFE, PTFE/Fe and Fe/PTFE-Fe pairs. The output voltages are negative at the lower and the upper specimens for Fe/PTFE and PTFE/Fe pairs, but negative and positive for Fe/PTFE-Fe pairs, respectively. After the surfaces of Fe and PTFE slide together, since the high residual negative voltage appears on PTFE, which causes the separation of induced charge on Fe, the surface residual voltage of PTFE dominates the polarity of output voltage. At Fe/PTFE-Fe pair, the polarity at the upper specimen of Fe is negative. However, the polarity at the lower specimen of Fe is positive, because the lower specimen is also influenced by the surface residual voltage of PTFE.