How to Prevent Pollution

Flashover in Power System?

Survey and Suggestions

by Chinese Experiences
given to NTDC

Nov.13th , 2017
 1 Pollution Degree determination

 Pollutant accumulation
• Pollution monitoring on long-term data: ESDD, NSDD, C.U.R, Chemical
composition, Energized or not, etc.
• Typical pollution type
• Updating pollution map with pollutant accumulation data of 3-5 years
• Adjusting pollution severity according to pollution source variation
• Electronic pollution map
 Wet deposition
• Drizzle, dense fog, dew, etc.
• Fog days per year
• Continuous rainless days
• Self-cleaning due to rainfall and wind
• Equivalent salt deposit density (ESDD)
• Non-soluable deposit density(NSDD)
• The pollutant between bottom and top(C.U.R, IEC 60815) 2
 2 Insulator Selection

 According to pollution source type, wet deposition, operation experience and

preference, determine insulator type
 Generally, porcelain and glass insulator is preferred in light pollution area;
composite insulator or RTV should be adopted in medium and heavy pollution
area
 Reliability of composite materials
• RTV coating (with mature process and technique)
 Key factors determination in standard
 Lifetime>15 years
 Dipping in factory, etc.
• Composite insulator
 Key factors determination in standard
 Aging research in high altitude, extremely cold, lifetime>25 years
 Core, anti-acid erosion
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 3 Insulation Configuration

 According to operation experience and pollution flashover test data, determine

insulation configuration

Upper/Bottom Non-uniform Shed & Type

NSDD NSDD Modify Altitude

Pollutant
Monitor
ESDD
Design Withstand
Voltage

Effective ESDD
Withstand
Artificial Voltage and
Insulation
Pollution Test Deviation
U50% 浓雾的均匀控制 Configuration
气压的稳定控制 大雨均匀控制

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 4 Suggestion

• Site information collection for specific study of Pollutant Accumulation /

Wet deposition, Pollution distribution Map with fundamental data record.
• Insulation selection:
(1) Composite insulator,
(2) RTV coating with mature process and technique,
(3) Porcelain and glass.
• According to pollution degree, operation experience and pollution
flashover test data, determine insulation configuration.
• Detail site study of Effects of pollution on T/L can help to find remedial
measures.

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Composite insulator

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Porcelain or glass insulator with RTV coating

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 Application in UHV Project

 Products applied in UHV Projects:

• 420～840kN disc insulators and 300～1000kN composite insulators.
• Post insulators with bending load of 16kN, structure height from 15m to 18m.
• Hollow composite insulators with bending load of 20kN, height up to 15m.

420～840(1000)kN Insulators
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