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entitled:
Breakdown characteristics of disc insulators
under artificially polluted Conditions
Introduction
Outdoor insulators are subjected to pollution :
Dirt and chemical fumes in industrial areas
Saline deposits near seacoast
Desert salts as well as natural deposits in the presence
of atmospheric moisture
The insulators used in overhead electrical power
transmission lines are susceptible to contaminationinduced flashover.
Regular monitoring
pollution
severity
essential.
of
is
Sources
Corrosive Salt
Chemical
Smoke, Ash,
metallurgical
Sand, Dust
Desert areas.
How?
Process of flashover Generally consists of
following stages:
i. Settling of pollutants.
ii. Formation of conductive layer.
iii. Formation of leakage current.
iv. Formation of dry area.
v. Partial discharge and occurrence of flashover.
REMEDIES
1. Industrial pollution:
. ESDD does not give direct info about the
behavior of insulator.
. Substances will settle on the insulator by the
action of wind ,weight ,electric field creating a
layer which forms slowly and can last upto years
.
. Even for same ESDD ,flashover also depends on
design and material of insulator.
. Depending on the behavior of insulator due to
this type of pollution we have to look whether
the artificial cleaning or natural wash (rain) is
sufficient to avoid dangerous layer to be formed.
REMEDIES
2. Marine pollution:
. Insulators exposed to this type pollution can
become conductive due to formation of
conductive layer.
. Weather condition plays an important role in
deposition of contaminants and ultimately on
operation of insulators.
. So sources of pollution must be investigated &
the way of deposition of pollution.
REMEDIES
3. Desert Pollution:
. In this type of regions insulators are subjected to
pollutants of desert results in flashover and
ultimately reduction in efficiency and lack of
supply.
. Also in desert areas particles moving with high
speed due hurricanes and sand storms strikes the
insulator surface and cause material erosion.
. In this type of regions dry bands are created on
insulator surface.
2
. ESDD ranges from 0.1-0.25 mg/cm .
. So being a zone with little quantity of rain ,
these are not capable of washing the insulator
naturally
CONCLUSION
The main purpose of present work is to study the
performance of the insulators for better design and
maintenance of insulators under artificially polluted
conditions as there were limitations in polluting the
insulator naturally.
Effect of salt species present in contaminants , quantity of
contaminant (ESDD) ,and other factors has to be studied.
It would be challenging task for present and future
engineers to develop and implement methods for
improving the present insulators so as to increase the
reliability and efficiency by reducing the occurrence of
flashover .
Work Plan
Set of Experiments are designed and performs under artificial
conditions
1. Literature review
i. Study of theoretical aspects of disc insulators
ii. Different pollution conditions
iii. Remedies to reduce pollution catching
Types of contaminant
concentration and
source.
Experimental setup
Instruments ( Insulators, High voltage
transformer control panel )
Contamination procedure
Record of parameters
1. Conductivity
Salt
Conductivity (S/cm)
MgCl2
1035
CaO
1048
Na2CO3
1037
MgCl2+Na2CO3
1023
2. pH
Salt
pH
MgCl2
8.28
CaO
8.25
Na2CO3
8.9
MgCl2+Na2CO3
8.65
Conclusions