PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION ON INSULATORS, ARRESTERS & BUSHINGS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A 25 Year Perspective on Composite Insulator Technology: Challenges Met, Challenges Still Ahead(Dr. Claude de Tourreil, France) 1 to 14
Experience with Composite HVDC and HVAC Insulators in China: From Design to Operation (Prof. Liang Xidong, Tsinghua University, China) 15 to 22
Composite Suspension Insulators in Silicone Rubber for O/H Lines with a Voltage Level Higher than 220 kV (Giovanni Giobbe, Isoelectric, Italy) 23 to 35
Experience with Insulators under Extreme Service & Environmental Conditions in Croatia (Ante Sekso-Telento, Energy Institute, Croatia) 36 to 41
Research into Performance of MV Arresters under Different Climatic Conditions (Kari Lahti, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland) 42 to 55
Bushing Technology: Current & Future Trends (Douglas Getson, Hans Johansson, ABB Power Technology Products, Germany/Sweden) 56 to 68
Experience Using Silicone Insulators to Reduce Maintenance Costs on Transmission Lines in Saudi Arabia (Dr. Ibrahim Y. Al-Hamoudi, Saudi Electricity Company, Saudi Arabia) 69 to 82
Latest Designs & Service Experience with Polymeric Station-Class Arresters (Prof. Volker Hinrichsen, Technical Univ. of Darmstadt, Germany) 83 to 94
Surge Arrester Configurations with Direct-Moulded Silicone Insulation (Walter Schmidt, Alexander Bernhard, ABB Switzerland, Switzerland) 95 to 104
Experience & Findings from Testing Insulators at the Tohoku Test Facility (Manabu Sakata, Tohoku Electric Power, Japan) 105 to 119
Application Experience with Polymeric Insulators on the Transmission and Distribution Networks in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Amra Omeragic, JP Elektroprivreda, Prof. Kemo Sokolija, Univ. of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina) 120 to 132
Design of Metal Oxide Surge Arresters with Polymeric Housings (Dr. Kai Steinfeld, Siemens PTD, Germany) 133 to 142
Application of Polymeric Transmission Line Insulators in North America & Failure Experience (Dr. Andrew Phillips, EPRI, United States) 143 to 153
Insulation Coordination Software Tools in Optimization of Polymeric Arrester Application Technologies (Jean-Marie George, Dr. Salih Sadovic, Sediver, France) 154 to 163
Improving the Flashover Performance of Insulators at PowerGrid India (Dr. Sushil Agrawal, Power Grid, India) 164 to 175
Experience with New Solutions to Combat Marine Pollution in the Power System of the Greek Isles (Manolis Thalassinakis, Public Power Corp., Greece) 176 to 186
The Impact of Metal Oxide Disk Performance on Surge Arrester Operation (Dr. Roger Perkins, Cooper Power Systems, United States) 187 to 194
Design & Properties of Resin-Impregnated Paper Bushings (Dr. Norbert Koch, HSP Hochspannungsgeräte Porz, Germany) 195 to 207
Experience with Insulators on Transmission Lines in Bangladesh: Problems & Solutions (N.G. Saha, Bangladesh Erectors, Bangladesh) 208 to 221
Quicker Development & Design of 765 kV Bushings Through a Combination of Tests & Mathematical Modeling (Pierino Bertolotto, Passoni & Villa, Italy) 222 to 245
Worldwide Service Experience with Silicone for Transmission, Distribution & Station Applications (Prof. Ravi Gorur, Arizona State Univ., United States) 246 to 255
Use of Dow Corning HV RapidCure Silicone to Improve Performance & Reduce Processing Costs for Insulators (Philip Rogal, Dow Corning, United Kingdom) 256 to 261
Review of Material Development, Recent 420 kV Braced line Post Designs & Long-Term Evaluation of Composite Insulators in Silicone Rubber Technology (Dr. Frank Schmuck, Sefag, Switzerland) 262 to 276
Research Findings on the Ageing Factors of Silicone Rubber (Prof. Stanislaw Gubanski, Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Sweden) 277 to 288
Viewpoint of a Producer of Modern Composite Insulators based on Long-Term Operational & Laboratory Testing (Dr. Yuri Shumilov, ES Polimer, Ukraine) 289 to 297
Experience with Silicone Rubber Insulators on Transmission Lines in Mexico (Dr. Jose Luis Fierro-Chavez, Industrias Unidas IUSA, Mexico) 298 to 305
Flashover Performance of Transmission Class Insulators under Icing Conditions (Prof. Masoud Farzaneh, Univ. of Québec in Chicoutimi, Canada) 306 to 316
Use of a Leakage Current Monitoring System for maintenance of Insulators on A HV Network (Radu Munteanu, Israel Electric, Israel) 317 to 332
Service Experience and Problems with Insulators on Distribution Lines in Iran (Aram Khalilpour, Guilan Electric Distribution Company, Iran) 333 to 342
Test Methodology for Estimating Electrical Degradation of Porcelain Insulators In Polluted Environments (Dr. Vaclav Sklenicka, EGU HV Lab., Czech Republic) 343 to 350
Research Findings into the Condition of Old Insulators Taken from Service (Bernhard Staub, Project Leader, CIGRE WG B2-03, BSB Eng., Switzerland) 351 to 360
Electric Field & Voltage Distribution Along Non-Ceramic Insulators (Prof. Stephen Sebo, Ohio State University, United States) 361 to 375
Ice & Pollution Testing of Compact Insulator Strings (Kjell Halsan, Diarmid Loudon, Norwegian Power Grid, Norway) 376 to 387
Problems in Behaviour of Composite Insulators Due to Electric Field & Advantages of Discharge-Free End Design (Alajos Bognár, FCI Furukawa Composite Insulator, Hungary) 391 to 405
Factors to Take into Account when Using Composite Insulators: The Eskom Experience (Rob Stephen, Eskom, South Africa) 406 to 416
Line Arresters: Field Experience, Novel Applications & Future Trends (Dr. Anibal de la O Lavalle, Hubbell Power Systems, United States) 417 to 424
External Gap Type Line Arresters for Overhead Transmission Lines (Tomoyasu Murase, NGK Insulators, Japan) 425 to 430