Abstract
AbstractThe electric field imposes a significant effect on ice accretion on the insulator. The impact of an AC electric field on insulator icing in an artificial climate chamber has been addressed. Compared with AC, DC electric field exerts an attraction on supercooled water droplets, which is more detrimental to the power system. Moreover, the icing on energised insulators is rarely studied in the natural environment. In the present research, an electrical, fluid coupled‐field simulation was carried out on the insulator. The force characteristics and motion deviation features of water droplets at different positive DC electric field strengths were studied. On this basis, rime icing on the insulator energised with different positive DC voltages was investigated in the field. Results show that the charged droplet shifts along the electric field line under a positive DC voltage. The deviation degree of the droplet increases with the increment of the voltage and droplet size and decreases with an increase in wind speed. As the voltage rises, the surface roughness, icing amount and icing length of rime ice‐covered insulator increase. Consequently, compared with that without energisation, the local collision coefficient, icing amount and icing length increase by 17.6%, 46.4% and 63.9%, respectively, under a 40 kV DC voltage.
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