Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7167543 | Engineering Failure Analysis | 2018 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
The exceptional level of pollution measured on those insulators, especially for the bottom surface for the non-soluble salt deposit density (NSDD) component, where the values are outside of the standard limit given in the currently IEC standard. The results provide important reference for the insulators design, maintenance of operational transmission line insulators and flashover warnings. It should be highlighted that results fall out of the limit of the IEC standard and that in order to plot those values in the graph the limits for the highest NSDD values have been increased from 4 to 20Â g/cm2. This clearly shows the unusually high values of the NSDD components measured on those insulators. The case study has been realized on 837,000 insulators for 9000 towers in 500Â kV powers lines. This clearly shows the unusual characteristics of the coast and desert environment of the 500Â kV overhead lines, and the needs of update in the IEC standards has been researched.
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Authors
Ricardo Manuel Arias Velásquez, Jennifer Vanessa Mejia Lara,