In the present work, a scheme has been developed based on standard deviation of multi resolution analysis (STD-MRA) plot of surface leakage current of a 11kV porcelain disc insulator artificially contaminated with NaCl and KCl. Leakage current analysis is perhaps the most efficient method to analyze the condition of insulator surface. For this purpose, a 11kV porcelain disc insulator is artificially contaminated in the laboratory by applying two soluble salts NaCl and KCl using solid layer method. Two salinity levels 0.5 and 1.5 indicating two different pollution levels are achieved by mixing NaCl and KCl individually with kaolin in distilled water and the leakage current is measured at three voltage levels of 5kV, 15kV and 30kV. The measured leakage currents are decomposed using wavelet transform and the standard deviation of the details are computed for each mentioned salinity levels at 5kV, 15kV and 30kV, respectively. From the above analysis, it is possible to identify the salinity level as well as the type of soluble salt (NaCl or KCl) deposition on the insulator surface which may be useful for condition monitoring of outdoor insulators.
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