Design and Experiment of Dry-Ice Cleaning Mechanical Arm for Insulators in Substation
Polluted flashover of insulators has always been a crucial hidden peril to the reliability of substation for supplying electricity. At present, the insulator of the substation is mainly cleaned manually in the case of power-cut, which greatly affects the reliability of power supply and operation saf...
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| description | Polluted flashover of insulators has always been a crucial hidden peril to the reliability of substation for supplying electricity. At present, the insulator of the substation is mainly cleaned manually in the case of power-cut, which greatly affects the reliability of power supply and operation safety. In this paper, an insulator dry-ice mechanical arm capable of electrified working is proposed. Under the regular operation of the power grid, the operator can remotely control the mechanical arm to clean the insulators of the substation with high-pressure gas mixed with dry-ice particles. This will not only ensure the regular operation of the power grid, but also greatly protects the safety of personnel. Considering the operation environment and high-voltage working conditions of the substation, the mechanism and control system of the dry-ice cleaning mechanical arm are designed, and the motion analysis, simulation, and strength analysis of the mechanical arm are carried out. Finally, the high-voltage-insulation test of the mechanical arm and the actual operation of the substation insulator cleaning working test are carried out, which proves that this mechanical arm can adapt to the operation environment of the substation, and the working is stable, safe, and reliable, which has an important application value to solve the problem in the cleaning of the substation insulator and other electrified equipment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13e4d9e3dff74d00ba78d2723198c00f2023-11-19T20:37:21ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-04-01107246110.3390/app10072461Design and Experiment of Dry-Ice Cleaning Mechanical Arm for Insulators in SubstationShufeng Tang0Pengfei Zhou1Xu Wang2Yue Yu3Hualei Li4School of Mechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, ChinaPolluted flashover of insulators has always been a crucial hidden peril to the reliability of substation for supplying electricity. At present, the insulator of the substation is mainly cleaned manually in the case of power-cut, which greatly affects the reliability of power supply and operation safety. In this paper, an insulator dry-ice mechanical arm capable of electrified working is proposed. Under the regular operation of the power grid, the operator can remotely control the mechanical arm to clean the insulators of the substation with high-pressure gas mixed with dry-ice particles. This will not only ensure the regular operation of the power grid, but also greatly protects the safety of personnel. Considering the operation environment and high-voltage working conditions of the substation, the mechanism and control system of the dry-ice cleaning mechanical arm are designed, and the motion analysis, simulation, and strength analysis of the mechanical arm are carried out. Finally, the high-voltage-insulation test of the mechanical arm and the actual operation of the substation insulator cleaning working test are carried out, which proves that this mechanical arm can adapt to the operation environment of the substation, and the working is stable, safe, and reliable, which has an important application value to solve the problem in the cleaning of the substation insulator and other electrified equipment.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/7/2461cleaning robotsubstation insulatordry-ice cleaningelectrified operation |
| spellingShingle | Shufeng Tang Pengfei Zhou Xu Wang Yue Yu Hualei Li Design and Experiment of Dry-Ice Cleaning Mechanical Arm for Insulators in Substation Applied Sciences cleaning robot substation insulator dry-ice cleaning electrified operation |
| title | Design and Experiment of Dry-Ice Cleaning Mechanical Arm for Insulators in Substation |
| title_full | Design and Experiment of Dry-Ice Cleaning Mechanical Arm for Insulators in Substation |
| title_fullStr | Design and Experiment of Dry-Ice Cleaning Mechanical Arm for Insulators in Substation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Experiment of Dry-Ice Cleaning Mechanical Arm for Insulators in Substation |
| title_short | Design and Experiment of Dry-Ice Cleaning Mechanical Arm for Insulators in Substation |
| title_sort | design and experiment of dry ice cleaning mechanical arm for insulators in substation |
| topic | cleaning robot substation insulator dry-ice cleaning electrified operation |
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