Insulators
August 19, 2017 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Insulators •
Comments Off on Materials Toward Development of Insulators of the Future
It is a common goal these days that a growing amount of energy supply come from renewables and, at the same time, that power systems should be made more controllable to better optimize power flow and reduce losses. Classical power systems must therefore change to better permit utilization of distributed generation, energy storage and information ...
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August 19, 2017 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, glass, Insulators
When you have two alternative technologies that each complement the weakness of the other, combining them would seem a logical solution. Porcelain and glass insulators (both classified as ‘ceramic’ since each is based on silica) suffer from the weakness...
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August 12, 2017 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Insulators
Standards have great long-term impact on the power industry and the equipment it relies on since they determine quality and stability of products as well as customer trust in and acceptance of these products. As a general rule: “No standard, no business”....
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August 12, 2017 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, HV/HP Testing, Insulators
A search for new tower designs was launched in Belgium in early 2008 in conjunction with two new 400 kV projects: Stevin (extension of the 400 kV grid to the coast) and Brabo (reinforcement of the 400 kV grid in the Port of Antwerp). Requirements were:...
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August 5, 2017 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Insulators
Failures of insulators due to pollution flashover can prove very costly, causing potentially long outages and requiring expensive and time-consuming maintenance. By most accounts, one of the leading causes of such failures is improper specification of...
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August 5, 2017 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Insulators
Growing evidence of service failures of composite insulators due to mishandling caused former CIGRE Working Group 22.03 to issue Technical Brochure 184 titled Composite Insulator Handling Guide. Pioneering utilities as well as manufacturers contributed to the...
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August 5, 2017 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Insulators
Increased market integration between countries and large scale introduction of new renewable energy sources have resulted in demand for enhanced transmission capacity. As a result, more and more power utilities are uprating or building new overhead lines...
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July 29, 2017 •
ARTICLE ARCHIVE, Insulators
Along with China’s rapid economic growth over the past three decades has come a major revamping of that country’s energy and load planning strategies. In particular, DC transmission has begun to take on an increasingly important role since 1990 due to its...
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