Abstract:
Icing of transmission lines due to extreme weather conditions has caused many failures in power networks worldwide [1]. As China has much of its land 2,000 m above sea le...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Icing of transmission lines due to extreme weather conditions has caused many failures in power networks worldwide [1]. As China has much of its land 2,000 m above sea level, intense snow and ice storms at this altitude have caused significant losses to the economy, and the harsh conditions have made life very difficult in these regions [2]. The winter of 2008/2009 was particularly harsh with freezing rain, which continued for more than three weeks in the central provinces, causing 218 ice flashovers. In particular, Hunan and Jiangxi Provinces experienced the severest storms resulting in damage to 37% of the 500-kV power transmission towers, collapsing many towers. Considerable work has been done in China on understanding the reasons for, and preventing, the icing flashover of insulators [3]-[10], but in this article the various anti-icing and de-icing methods for insulators currently being investigated in China are discussed with particular reference to the application of semiconductive silicone rubber coatings on insulators.
Published in: IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine ( Volume: 30, Issue: 2, March-April 2014)
Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
XiaoxingWei was born in Guangdong Province, China, on August 17, 1985. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering from Hunan University, P. R. China, in 2009. He is now a PhD degree candidate at Tsinghua University, P. R. China, and an exchange student at Universiti du Quebec in Chicoutimi (UQAC). His major research fields are outdoor insulation and application of silicone rubber, anti-icing material for outdoor ...Show More
XiaoxingWei was born in Guangdong Province, China, on August 17, 1985. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering from Hunan University, P. R. China, in 2009. He is now a PhD degree candidate at Tsinghua University, P. R. China, and an exchange student at Universiti du Quebec in Chicoutimi (UQAC). His major research fields are outdoor insulation and application of silicone rubber, anti-icing material for outdoor ...View more
Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Zhidong Jia (M'06) was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, P. R. China, on 4 October 1966. He received the BS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P. R. China, in 1987 and 2001, respectively. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua University. He is now an associate professor at the Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University. His major research field...Show More
Zhidong Jia (M'06) was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, P. R. China, on 4 October 1966. He received the BS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P. R. China, in 1987 and 2001, respectively. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua University. He is now an associate professor at the Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University. His major research field...View more
Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Zhenting Sun received the BS degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University, P. R. China, in 2010. He is now a MEE degree candidate in Tsinghua University, P. R. China. His major research field is the influence and application of anti-icing material for outdoor insulators.
Zhenting Sun received the BS degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University, P. R. China, in 2010. He is now a MEE degree candidate in Tsinghua University, P. R. China. His major research field is the influence and application of anti-icing material for outdoor insulators.View more
Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Zhicheng Guan (M'06) was born in Jilin Province, China, on 10 November 1944 and received the BS, MS, and PhD degrees in HV engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China, in 1970, 1981, and 1984, respectively. He was previously a vice president of the Tsinghua University Council and the dean of the Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University. His major research fi...Show More
Zhicheng Guan (M'06) was born in Jilin Province, China, on 10 November 1944 and received the BS, MS, and PhD degrees in HV engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China, in 1970, 1981, and 1984, respectively. He was previously a vice president of the Tsinghua University Council and the dean of the Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University. His major research fi...View more
Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Mark MacAlpine obtained the BA and MA at Cambridge University, UK, in 1963 and 1964, respectively, and the PhD degree at London University in 1968, the latter while working for the research laboratories of the UK's Central Electricity Generating Board. After spells with a university in Ethiopia and with ICL in the UK, he stayed with the EE Department of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1973 until retiring as prof...Show More
Mark MacAlpine obtained the BA and MA at Cambridge University, UK, in 1963 and 1964, respectively, and the PhD degree at London University in 1968, the latter while working for the research laboratories of the UK's Central Electricity Generating Board. After spells with a university in Ethiopia and with ICL in the UK, he stayed with the EE Department of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1973 until retiring as prof...View more
Contents Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
XiaoxingWei was born in Guangdong Province, China, on August 17, 1985. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering from Hunan University, P. R. China, in 2009. He is now a PhD degree candidate at Tsinghua University, P. R. China, and an exchange student at Universiti du Quebec in Chicoutimi (UQAC). His major research fields are outdoor insulation and application of silicone rubber, anti-icing material for outdoor insulators.
XiaoxingWei was born in Guangdong Province, China, on August 17, 1985. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering from Hunan University, P. R. China, in 2009. He is now a PhD degree candidate at Tsinghua University, P. R. China, and an exchange student at Universiti du Quebec in Chicoutimi (UQAC). His major research fields are outdoor insulation and application of silicone rubber, anti-icing material for outdoor insulators.View more
Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Zhidong Jia (M'06) was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, P. R. China, on 4 October 1966. He received the BS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P. R. China, in 1987 and 2001, respectively. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua University. He is now an associate professor at the Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University. His major research fields are HV insulation, improvement of RTV coatings, preventing ice on outdoor insulation, discharges along hydrophobic surfaces, and nanoelectrical spins.
Zhidong Jia (M'06) was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, P. R. China, on 4 October 1966. He received the BS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P. R. China, in 1987 and 2001, respectively. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua University. He is now an associate professor at the Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University. His major research fields are HV insulation, improvement of RTV coatings, preventing ice on outdoor insulation, discharges along hydrophobic surfaces, and nanoelectrical spins.View more
Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Zhenting Sun received the BS degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University, P. R. China, in 2010. He is now a MEE degree candidate in Tsinghua University, P. R. China. His major research field is the influence and application of anti-icing material for outdoor insulators.
Zhenting Sun received the BS degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University, P. R. China, in 2010. He is now a MEE degree candidate in Tsinghua University, P. R. China. His major research field is the influence and application of anti-icing material for outdoor insulators.View more
Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Zhicheng Guan (M'06) was born in Jilin Province, China, on 10 November 1944 and received the BS, MS, and PhD degrees in HV engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China, in 1970, 1981, and 1984, respectively. He was previously a vice president of the Tsinghua University Council and the dean of the Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University. His major research fields are HV insulation and electrical discharges, flashover mechanisms on contaminated insulators, electromagnetic environmental technologies, and application of plasma and HV technologies in biological and environmental engineering.
Zhicheng Guan (M'06) was born in Jilin Province, China, on 10 November 1944 and received the BS, MS, and PhD degrees in HV engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China, in 1970, 1981, and 1984, respectively. He was previously a vice president of the Tsinghua University Council and the dean of the Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University. His major research fields are HV insulation and electrical discharges, flashover mechanisms on contaminated insulators, electromagnetic environmental technologies, and application of plasma and HV technologies in biological and environmental engineering.View more
Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Mark MacAlpine obtained the BA and MA at Cambridge University, UK, in 1963 and 1964, respectively, and the PhD degree at London University in 1968, the latter while working for the research laboratories of the UK's Central Electricity Generating Board. After spells with a university in Ethiopia and with ICL in the UK, he stayed with the EE Department of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1973 until retiring as professor in 2004. He is currently a part-time professor at Tsinghua University and Harbin Technical University and a visiting scholar at Sydney University. His research interests continue to be in electrical corona, statistical aspects of spark and lightning paths, transmission line insulators, fiber-optic sensors, and the condition monitoring of electrical plant.
Mark MacAlpine obtained the BA and MA at Cambridge University, UK, in 1963 and 1964, respectively, and the PhD degree at London University in 1968, the latter while working for the research laboratories of the UK's Central Electricity Generating Board. After spells with a university in Ethiopia and with ICL in the UK, he stayed with the EE Department of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1973 until retiring as professor in 2004. He is currently a part-time professor at Tsinghua University and Harbin Technical University and a visiting scholar at Sydney University. His research interests continue to be in electrical corona, statistical aspects of spark and lightning paths, transmission line insulators, fiber-optic sensors, and the condition monitoring of electrical plant.View more
