Sea Salts Contamination Pattern on High Voltage Insulators In Littoral Region of Peninsular Malaysia

This paper describes series results of experiments conducted at Paka Thermal Power Station, which is located near the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. More than 12 samples of typical cap-and-pin glass insulators that are commonly installed on electrical power transmission lines are used in the exp...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Ahmad S., Ahmad, Hussein, Salam, Md. Abdus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1999
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/1964/1/Ahmad1999_SeaSaltsContaminationPatternOnHigh.pdf
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Ahmad, Hussein
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description This paper describes series results of experiments conducted at Paka Thermal Power Station, which is located near the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. More than 12 samples of typical cap-and-pin glass insulators that are commonly installed on electrical power transmission lines are used in the experimentation. Three types of insulator topology are employed, single units, suspension-type and tension-type. These un-energized insulators are allowed to be exposed to 3-4 months duration of sea salts contamination. Equivalent salt deposit density (ESDD) measurement is conducted to measure insulator's contamination level. It was found that salt accumulation on suspension type insulator is much heavier than the tension type. Also the direction of inward coming winds has some influence on the salt deposition to the insulator surfaces. Experiments showed that ESDD increases linearly with an increase in time of exposure. This work will help in the establishment of maintenance policies especially in the months of monsoon when generally many utilities thought that during these months maintenance of insulators is not necessary
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spelling utm.eprints-19642010-06-01T02:59:56Z http://eprints.utm.my/1964/ Sea Salts Contamination Pattern on High Voltage Insulators In Littoral Region of Peninsular Malaysia Ahmad, Ahmad S. Ahmad, Hussein Salam, Md. Abdus TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering This paper describes series results of experiments conducted at Paka Thermal Power Station, which is located near the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. More than 12 samples of typical cap-and-pin glass insulators that are commonly installed on electrical power transmission lines are used in the experimentation. Three types of insulator topology are employed, single units, suspension-type and tension-type. These un-energized insulators are allowed to be exposed to 3-4 months duration of sea salts contamination. Equivalent salt deposit density (ESDD) measurement is conducted to measure insulator's contamination level. It was found that salt accumulation on suspension type insulator is much heavier than the tension type. Also the direction of inward coming winds has some influence on the salt deposition to the insulator surfaces. Experiments showed that ESDD increases linearly with an increase in time of exposure. This work will help in the establishment of maintenance policies especially in the months of monsoon when generally many utilities thought that during these months maintenance of insulators is not necessary 1999-10-17 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/1964/1/Ahmad1999_SeaSaltsContaminationPatternOnHigh.pdf Ahmad, Ahmad S. and Ahmad, Hussein and Salam, Md. Abdus (1999) Sea Salts Contamination Pattern on High Voltage Insulators In Littoral Region of Peninsular Malaysia. Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 1999 Annual Report Conference on , 2 . pp. 670-673.
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Salam, Md. Abdus
Sea Salts Contamination Pattern on High Voltage Insulators In Littoral Region of Peninsular Malaysia
title Sea Salts Contamination Pattern on High Voltage Insulators In Littoral Region of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Sea Salts Contamination Pattern on High Voltage Insulators In Littoral Region of Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Sea Salts Contamination Pattern on High Voltage Insulators In Littoral Region of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Sea Salts Contamination Pattern on High Voltage Insulators In Littoral Region of Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Sea Salts Contamination Pattern on High Voltage Insulators In Littoral Region of Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort sea salts contamination pattern on high voltage insulators in littoral region of peninsular malaysia
topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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