Development of inspection robot system for live-line suspension insulator strings in 345kV power transmission lines

Author

Park, Joon-Young ; Lee, Jae-Kyung ; Cho, Byung-Hak ; Oh, Ki-Yong

Author_Institution

Korea Electr. Power Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

A new inspection robot system is presented for live-line suspension insulator strings to prevent an insulator failure that can have severe effects on national industry, economy and security. This robot system is small-sized, lightweight and more superior in insulation and reliability by adopting a new wheel-leg moving mechanism and a new insulation resistance measurement method. We confirmed its effectiveness through experiments including a live-line test.

Keywords

computerised monitoring; condition monitoring; inspection; insulator contamination; power transmission faults; power transmission lines; robots; inspection robot system; insulation resistance measurement; insulator failure; live-line suspension insulator strings; power transmission lines; voltage 345 kV; wheel-leg moving mechanism; Electrical resistance measurement; Inspection; Insulation; Mobile robots; National security; Power system reliability; Power system security; Power transmission lines; Service robots; Testing; Diagnostics; Maintenance; Measurement; Mechatronics; Robotics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications, 2009. EPE '09. 13th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4432-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-90-75815-13-9

Type

conf

Filename

5278862