Experimental Investigation on Room Temperature Vulcanised Silicone rubber and Epoxy resin coated porcelain outdoor insulators located at highly polluted environment
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- M. Ravindran; S. Senthil Kumar; N. Karuppiah; M. Asokan
- Source
- Journal of Ceramic Processing Research, 21(1), pp.14-20 Feb, 2020
- Subject
- 재료공학
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2672-152X
1229-9162
Insulators flashover is one of the major problem that confronts all around the world, particularly in austere weather conditionsand highly polluted areas. Any failure in the acceptable performance of high voltage insulators result in intrerruption ofelectrical power that leads to loss of capital. Flashover voltage (FOV) is directly related to the severity of pollution on thesurface of insulator. Generally, anti-pollution flashover coating is considered as one of the most effective means to prevent andreduce flashover. This paper investigates and compares the results on application of Epoxy Resin and Room TemperatureVulcanized (RTV) Silicone Rubber for improving the performance of outdoor (near coastal thermal plant area) insulators of12 KV rating. The flash over voltage of the insulators is optimized for a polluted environment by applying the protectivecoating and tested experimentally. The experimental results are compared with simulated results using Artificial NeuralNetwork.