Abstract
Laboratory studies of composite insulators by means of steep-front impulse voltage tests are presented. The tests were performed on four groups of insulators, i.e. on newly manufactured insulators, on insulators removed from service, on insulators earlier exposed to mechanical fatigue test and on insulators with intentionally introduced technological defects. Extensive results of these investigations indicate that application of steep-front impulses of 4 kV/ns provides a better diagnostic efficiency as compared with the standard testing by means of impulses with steepness of 1 kV/ns. It is shown that the application of 4 kV/ns impulses do not cause any damage to healthy insulators, while defected insulators are identified reliably. A new methodology allowing to assess the status of internal insulation in insulators removed from service is proposed based on the performed studies.
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