Title :
An artificial contamination method for composite insulators
Author :
Besztercey, Gyula ; Karady, George G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. In order to better simulate the natural pollution accumulation on composite insulators, a new artificial contamination method has been developed. It is based on mixing dry contamination particles with a low amount of atomized salt solution by means of a specially designed mixing nozzle. Unlike most of the other contamination methods developed for composite insulators, no pretreatment of the surface is needed. The pollution process takes no longer than a few minutes and requires no special training. ESDD and NSDD of the artificial pollution can be controlled accurately
Keywords :
composite insulators; insulator contamination; insulator testing; ESDD; NSDD; artificial contamination method; artificial pollution; composite insulators; dry contamination particles; mixing nozzle; natural pollution accumulation simulation; pollution process; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Pollution; Surface contamination;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, 2001. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Columbus, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6672-7
DOI :
10.1109/PESW.2001.917232
