%0 Generic %1 arora2015enhancing %A Arora, Neelesh %D 2015 %K Coating Coatings Corona Current Flashovers Gen-4 HVICs Insulator Leakage Pollution Porcelain RTV Silicone %T Enhancing Grid Stability with 4th Generation RTV Silicone Insulator Coatings in Extremely Polluted Environments %X A negligible percentage of the cost of a Power Transmission network goes towards the cost of insulators, yet the cumulative O&M costs, outage costs and equipment damage costs due to poor insulator performance can be staggering. Entire transmission grids have collapsed due to a pollution ff a shover on a single insulator. The Northern Grid Disturbance on 02 January 2010 is one such example. Common practices to try and attain uninterrupted performance of outdoor porcelain and glass insulators include live-line Insulator washing, application of silicone grease, specially designed 'anti-fog insulators', contamination source reduction and increased maintenance surveillance. These methods often fail to prevent failures and are at best temporary solutions. One of the methods adopted to eliminate pollution flashovers is the use of RTV Silicone Insulator Coatings. Widespread field experience suggests this could be one of the most promising methods to eliminate flashovers on porcelain equipment in switchyards, even in the harshest of environments. This paper reviews field experiences of Gen-4 RTV Silicone HV Insulator Coatings (HVICs) in very heavily polluted environments and how they have had an exceptional success rate in eliminating flashovers, even when all other methods have failed.

@conference{arora2015enhancing, abstract = {A negligible percentage of the cost of a Power Transmission network goes towards the cost of insulators, yet the cumulative O&M costs, outage costs and equipment damage costs due to poor insulator performance can be staggering. Entire transmission grids have collapsed due to a pollution ff a shover on a single insulator. The Northern Grid Disturbance on 02 January 2010 is one such example. Common practices to try and attain uninterrupted performance of outdoor porcelain and glass insulators include live-line Insulator washing, application of silicone grease, specially designed 'anti-fog insulators', contamination source reduction and increased maintenance surveillance. These methods often fail to prevent failures and are at best temporary solutions. One of the methods adopted to eliminate pollution flashovers is the use of RTV Silicone Insulator Coatings. Widespread field experience suggests this could be one of the most promising methods to eliminate flashovers on porcelain equipment in switchyards, even in the harshest of environments. This paper reviews field experiences of Gen-4 RTV Silicone HV Insulator Coatings (HVICs) in very heavily polluted environments and how they have had an exceptional success rate in eliminating flashovers, even when all other methods have failed.}, added-at = {2021-02-10T14:59:38.000+0100}, author = {Arora, Neelesh}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29be250e48f5013c34131b97fae3005fc/ceps}, interhash = {612cf2b11611638ebcada54eaf0b4c86}, intrahash = {9be250e48f5013c34131b97fae3005fc}, keywords = {Coating Coatings Corona Current Flashovers Gen-4 HVICs Insulator Leakage Pollution Porcelain RTV Silicone}, timestamp = {2023-12-21T14:40:24.000+0100}, title = {Enhancing Grid Stability with 4th Generation RTV Silicone Insulator Coatings in Extremely Polluted Environments}, year = 2015 }