Surface flashover in 50 years: Theoretical models and competing mechanisms

Z Li, J Liu, Y Ohki, G Chen, H Gao, S Li - High Voltage, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Surface flashover is a devastating electronic avalanche along the gas–solid interface when
a high electric field is applied, which is a potential issue that threatens the safe operations of …

Super-hydrophobic silicone rubber for outdoor electrical insulation

Q Wang, S Liu, S Liu, Z Zuo, Y Gao, C Wu, X Liang - Nano Today, 2024 - Elsevier
The location mismatch of power production and consumption makes the large capacity
energy transmission rather necessary. Overhead transmission line has always been the …

Charge cluster triggers unpredictable insulation surface flashover in pressurized SF6

C Li, Y Zhu, J Hu, Q Li, B Zhang… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reports an unpredictable insulation surface flashover phenomenon triggered by
surface charge clusters under DC electric field, which is experimentally revealed by a donut …

The potentially neglected culprit of DC surface flashover: electron migration under temperature gradients

C Li, J Hu, C Lin, J He - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
This report intends to reveal the role of electron migration and its effects in triggering direct
current (DC) surface flashover under temperature gradient conditions when using epoxy …

Understanding surface charge accumulation and surface flashover on spacers in compressed gas insulation

C Li, C Lin, B Zhang, Q Li, W Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Surface charges have the effect of changing the electric field over spacers in compressed
gases, which may affect the stable operation of gas insulated equipment and could possibly …

Gas–solid interface charge characterisation techniques for HVDC GIS/GIL insulators

L Zhang, C Lin, C Li, SV Suraci, G Chen… - High …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Surface charge accumulation on the spacers is one of the key issues restraining the
development of HVDC GIS/GIL. The precise measurement of surface charge properties …

Effects of surface roughness on surface charge accumulation characteristics and surface flashover performance of alumina-filled epoxy resin spacers

J Xue, H Wang, J Chen, K Li, Y Liu, B Song… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The accumulated charges on the insulator surface become a key factor to incur surface
flashover. The charge accumulation process is closely related to the surface condition. This …

Degradation and stability of polymeric high-voltage insulators and prediction of their service life through environmental and accelerated aging processes

D Ghosh, D Khastgir - ACS omega, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polymeric composite insulators consisting of core fiber reinforced polymer insulators
covered with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) housing are now replacing conventional ceramic …

Interpretation of the surface charge decay kinetics on insulators with different neutralization mechanisms

B Zhang, G Zhang - Journal of applied physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Surface charge decay kinetics on corona-charged polymeric insulators were studied. In the
experiment, the sample surface exposed to corona was kept open to ambient air whereas …

The regulation mechanism of SiC/epoxy coatings on surface charge behavior and flashover performance of epoxy/alumina spacers

JY Xue, JH Chen, JH Dong, H Wang… - Journal of Physics D …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Surface charge accumulation on insulators becomes an important bottleneck to restrain the
development of a DC energy transmission system. This study investigates the effects of …