A novel method to measure the contamination level of insulators-spot contamination measurement

Author

Besztercey, Gyula ; Karady, George G. ; Ruff, Donald L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

7-10 Jun 1998

Firstpage

369

Abstract

A practical method and test instrument for measuring the pollution severity on outdoor electric insulators were developed. The method is called Spot Contamination Measurement (SCM). The method can be used to assess contamination severity quickly and easily on a wide variety of outdoor insulators without removing them from the line. The method probes only a small area of the insulator surface, so it is useful to get information on the distribution of contamination deposition on the surface. The method takes into account the hydrophobic nature of contamination deposited on silicone rubber insulators

Keywords

environmental degradation; insulator contamination; insulator testing; silicone rubber insulators; test equipment; SCM; contamination deposition; contamination level; hydrophobic contamination; insulators; outdoor electric insulators; pollution severity; silicone rubber insulators; spot contamination measurement; test instrument; Conductivity measurement; Density measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Electrodes; Insulation; Pollution measurement; Surface contamination; Surface resistance; Transmission line measurements; Water pollution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation, 1998. Conference Record of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

ISSN

1089-084X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4927-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ELINSL.1998.694811

Filename

694811