In-field assessment and lifetime prediction of composite insulators in high voltage electricity transmission networks.

新型复合绝缘子现在被用于澳大利亚国家电网的特高压架空线路。这种绝缘子由于过早老化而发生的闪络可能导致重要线路不可用，从而导致电力传输中断，使国家电力市场损失数千万美元。 在本项目中，将对弹性体的老化进行研究，以提供绝缘子寿命终止的早期预警，并研究从带电高压绝缘子中提取弹性体样品的新技术。Transgrid将在该技术的应用方面进行合作，以更好地了解输电网络中绝缘子的老化。

New types of composite insulators are now used in extra-high voltage overhead lines in Australia's national electricity grid. Flashover of such insulators due to early ageing may lead to unavailability of vital lines causing power transmission disruptions costing the National Electricity Market tens of millions of dollars. In this project research will be conducted into ageing of elastomers to provide early warning of insulator end-of-life and into new techniques for extracting elastomer samples from live high voltage insulators. Transgrid will cooperate in the application of the technology to give improved understanding of insulator ageing in transmission networks.