• DocumentCode
    1818896
  • Title

    Tracking wheel test facilities

  • Author

    Muncivi, A. ; Sarkar, P. ; Haddad, A.

  • Author_Institution
    High Voltage Energy Syst. Group, Cardiff Univ., Cardiff, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    1-4 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the mechanical design, the software and hardware computer controls, and the measurement system used to construct the tracking wheel test facility as specified by the BS EN 62217:2006. The results of a long term test on polymeric insulators are also reported in the paper.
  • Keywords
    polymer insulators; test facilities; BS EN 62217:2006; hardware computer controls; measurement system; mechanical design; polymeric insulators; software computer controls; tracking wheel test facilities; Control systems; Hardware; Insulation life; Insulator testing; Mechanical variables measurement; Polymers; Software design; Software measurement; Test facilities; Wheels; aging of polymeric insulators; leakage current; polymeric insulators; tracking; wheel test;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2009 Proceedings of the 44th International
  • Conference_Location
    Glasgow
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6823-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5429412