In the DC polymeric cable insulation, electrical treeing is an electrical pre-breakdown phenomenon in polymer insulating layer. This is a failure process caused by electrical damage, and it is carried out in a tree-like path through the stress insulation layer. electric tree growth of polymer high-voltage cable insulation is a common breakdown mechanism about the electrical failure of underground power cables. Due to the widely use of power electronic devices in the VSC-HVDC system, the generation of harmonics brings a variety of insulation problems. In this paper, the research work investigates the effect of octa-aminophenyl POSS (OaPOSS) addition on suppressing the electric tree properties of polypropylene (PP) under the pulse voltage, involving the treeing initial voltage for treeing growth, the treeing propagating rate and the time to breakdown. Some physical and electrical characteristics of OaPOSS/PP nanocomposites would be analysed through the observation of scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the electrostatic potential calculation. Finally, the analysing results would show how the addition of OaPOSS could improve the electrical treeing characteristics of PP due to the enhancement of trapping distribution.
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