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Research Article | Open Access
Volume 14 2022 | None
FEM analysis using Quick-Field for a Silicon Rubber Composite Insulator
B. Mallikarjuna, G. Ezhilarasan, B. Basavaraja
Pages: 1838-1847
Abstract
The electric and potential distribution characteristics of an outdoor porcelain insulator are examined in this research. Silicone rubber has been widely employed by power utilities since the 1980s as a replacement to porcelain and glass for high voltage insulators due to its superior contaminant performance. The solid air interface insulation is frequently involved in the breakdown of open-air high voltage insulators. As a result, understanding the field distribution surrounding high voltage insulators is critical for determining the electric field stress on the insulator surface, especially on the air side of the device. This study would investigate the electric field distribution of an activated silicone rubber high voltage insulator in this regard. Also shown are the simulation results of potential and electric field distributions along the surface of silicone rubber polymer insulators in both clean and contaminated circumstances. For this project, the finite element method (FEM) is used. Quick Field software is used to calculate the electric field distribution in two dimensions using the finite element approach. When water droplets are present on the insulator surface, the goal of this research is to identify the potential distribution and strength of the silicon rubber insulator
Keywords
FEM, Quick-Field, Potential distribution, silicon rubber insulator
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