Study on Contamination Deposition Characteristics of Transmission Line Insulators

Influence factors in contamination process of XP‐160 insulators based on computational fluid mechanics

“…When the particles move with the air flow, the large particles are easily accumulated on the top surface of insulators, and thus leading to an uneven distribution of contaminants on top and bottom of insulator surface. Gu et al [15] carried out the artificial contamination test on XWP 2 ‐160 porcelain insulator in a wind tunnel. Results show that the amount of contaminants on each section of insulator surface is different and more contaminants are found at leeward side of insulator.…”