Fault Diagnosis of Composite Insulators Based on the X-Ray

Abstract

Because some composite insulators run certain number of years and tends to exist insulation breakdown performance degradation issues, and some even mass incidents have occurred, affecting the normal operation of the grid. First introduced X-ray inspection systems, then introduction common failure and the reason of composite insulators. And through the artificial gap between the mandrel and the jacket seams, V-shaped mandrel and an artificial scratches and other defects between the insulator strings, concluded the feasibility of X-ray diagnosis of common faults of composite insulators.