Title :
The effect of thermal characteristics of power line insulators on pollution performance
Author :
Vosloo, WL ; Holtzhausen, JP
Author_Institution :
Eskom, Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
Power line insulators are heated by the sun and cool down during the night. The heating and cooling characteristics depend on the insulator material. The wetting of polluted insulators depends on various factors, such as humidity, ambient temperature and the temperature of the insulator surface. In this paper this phenomenon is investigated in the laboratory and on site for insulators made of various materials.
Keywords :
cooling; heating; humidity; insulator contamination; thermal analysis; wetting; ambient temperature; cooling; heating; humidity; insulator surface temperature; pollution performance; power line insulators; thermal characteristics; wetting; Cooling; Heating; Humidity; Insulation; Laboratories; Leakage current; Temperature dependence; Thermal conductivity; Thermal pollution; Thermal resistance;
Conference_Titel :
Africon Conference in Africa, 2002. IEEE AFRICON. 6th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7570-X
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.2002.1159979
