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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE HORIZONTALLY MOUNTED INSULATORS FOR HVDC STATIONS

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IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 4 (1): 46-59 (1989)

Abstract

This paper describes the results of investigations into the c~use of certain flashovers which occurred to horizontally mounted insulators in HVDe stations. Insulators having various shed shapes were subjected to contamination and wet tests under horizontally and vertically mounted conditions. Non-uniform wetting was identified as the main cause of such flashovers. Compared with vertically mounted insulator~, a slight reduction was found in the contam~nation withstand voltages of horizontally mounted insulators for some shed profiles. A shed shape is proposed as the optimum design for horizontally mounted insulators not only from the viewpoint of contamination but also from wet withstand voltage.

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