scholarly journals Feasibility Study on Electrical Properties of 20 kV Polymeric Insulator Dry Test and Rainwater Test

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Syakur ◽  
A.I.W. Nugroho ◽  
Hermawan Hermawan

Insulator is a very important equipment in an electric power system. Ceramic insulators have been widely used to support conductors in 20 kV power lines. The problem of ceramic insulators is that they are heavy, easily contaminated on the surface and require a lot of energy in the manufacturing process. Therefore, polymer insulators were developed. This paper presents the design of an epoxy resin polymer insulator with Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) as a nanofiller. The leakage current test was carried out in a high voltage laboratory by applying an AC high voltage of 50 Hz to the insulator dry conditions and the insulator wetted by rainwater contaminants. The results of the leakage current test in dry conditions are 487.6 μA, rainwater contaminated conditions are 594.93 μA, insulation resistance in dry conditions is 2.07 G-Ohms, and contaminated conditions are 1.41 G-Ohms. Based on the test results show that the insulator leakage current increases up to 22% when the surface of the insulator is contaminated with rainwater. Meanwhile, the insulation resistance decreased by up to 32% in conditions contaminated with rainwater. The value of leakage current and insulation resistance indicates that the epoxy resin insulator with TiO2 as filler is electrically feasible to use.

Coatings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1036
Author(s):  
Yunqi Xing ◽  
Yixuan Wang ◽  
Jiakai Chi ◽  
Haoliang Liu ◽  
Jin Li

High-voltage direct-current composite insulators are faced with various challenges during operation, such as creeping discharge, umbrella skirt damage, abnormal heating and insulator breakage. Among them, the aging of the interface between the core rod and the sheath is one of the important causes of composite insulator failure. In order to improve the electrical resistance of the composite insulator interface, this study uses plasma etching to modify the surface of the glass-fiber-reinforced epoxy resin plastic to prepare the high-voltage direct-current composite insulator core rod–sheath samples. By analyzing the surface morphology of the epoxy resin, static contact angle and surface charge transfer characteristics, the control mechanism of the plasma etching treatment on the interface bonding performance and leakage current of composite insulator core rod–sheath samples were studied. The results show that proper etching time treatment can improve the trap energy level distribution and microstructure of epoxy resin and increase the discharge voltage along the surface; chemical bonding plasma etching can improve the interfacial bonding performance of core rod–sheath samples sheaths, reduce the leakage current of composite insulator core rod–sheath samples sheath specimens and improve their interfacial performance.


Teknik ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Agnes Manik Sari Utami ◽  
Abdul Syakur ◽  
Hermawan Hermawan

The tropical climate of Indonesia, which has moderately high rainfall, has an impact on the output of outdoor insulators. The presence of chemical particles, pollen, and salt in the air will bind to the insulating material's outer surface and settle, resulting in crystallization that allows the insulating material's surface roughness to increase. One of the insulators that are being produced is an insulator made of epoxy resin. The injection of fillers is used to further improve the durability of the outdoor epoxy resin insulators installed in tropical climatic conditions. Epoxy resin from bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin and polyaminoamide combined with silane, alumina, and SiO2 is used as research materials. The parameters examined were leakage current and resistance to insulation. The use of silane as a hardener will also improve the resistivity on the surface of the insulator, which makes it more difficult to flow or reduces the leakage current. Alumina is well-known for being a solid heat and voltage insulator. The addition of SiO2 to the epoxy resin insulating material increases the insulator's mechanical strength in the form of tensile and compressive strength. With fluctuations in temperature and humidity, the artificial tropical environment is replicated in a test chamber. The value of the leakage current increases with an increase in temperature and humidity. The correlation between air temperature and humidity and insulation resistance is inversely proportional, the higher the temperature applied to the insulator, the lower the insulator resistivity. The same refers to the relationship between air humidity and resistance to insulation. The higher the humidity applied to the insulator, the lower the insulator resistivity. At a test voltage of 11 kV, a humidity of 60%, and a temperature variation of 25oC, the leakage current of epoxy resin insulators is up to 9.2 uA lower than in a factory-made SiR insulator. The leakage current and insulator resistivity's number is already in the good and protected range such that the insulator can be used and reproduce.


2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 606-618
Author(s):  
Mohammad Akbar ◽  
Basharat Mehmood

AbstractHigh-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission is known as green-energy transfer technology and has recently become an attractive alternative of high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) due to its high-power transmission capability and lower power loss. Use of composite insulators on direct current (DC) transmission lines experienced rapid growth in recent years due to their high hydrophobicity and better performance in contaminated environment than conventional ceramic insulators. During their service operation on DC lines, insulators are prone to more accumulation of contaminants due to unidirectional electric field. The contaminants under wet conditions allow leakage current to flow on the insulator surface. Being organic in nature, polymeric insulators have a tendency to age under the combined effects of electrical and environmental stresses. To fully understand the long-term aging performance of DC composite insulators, a detailed survey was considered necessary. Towards that end, this paper critically summarizes worldwide experience of aging performance of composite insulators in the field as well as in laboratory conditions.


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