Impact Estimation of SMOG on Polymer & Ceramic Insulator in an Artificial Chamber
Insulators are core components for transmission of power supply and when failure in the insulator is caused they create huge power failures and these failures are mainly contributed by environmental factors as insulators are outdoor components. There are 2 types of insulators mainly used around the
Project Title
Impact Estimation of SMOG on Polymer & Ceramic Insulator in an Artificial Chamber
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Project Summary
Insulators are core components for transmission of power supply and when failure in the insulator is caused they create huge power failures and these failures are mainly contributed by environmental factors as insulators are outdoor components. There are 2 types of insulators mainly used around the globe 1) Polymer insulator & 2) Ceramic Insulator.
Aging or stress test on insulators is to influence environmental aspects mainly SMOG, heat, rain, dust, and fog on high voltage insulators. Smog is a type of air pollution and is created by mixing Fog and smoke( NO2 or CO2 mainly).
what we are trying to do is that by creating Smog and various other environmental factors in an artificial chamber and then test both polymer insulators as well as ceramic insulators and analyze their aging process. The basic concept of this project is the comparison between ceramic insulators and polymer insulators.
Project Objectives
- Performing aging analysis on polymer & ceramic insulators in a artificial Chamber by artificial environmental effects.
- creating 5 different artificial environmental effects in the artificial chamber including SMOG,Heat, rain, dust and fog effect.
- To gauge the impact of smog and other enviormental aspects on the life of polymer & ceramic insulator.
Project Implementation Method
This Final Year Project aims to check what impact SMOG has on Polymer and ceramic Insulator thus leading to contamination and Flashover issues and causing power failures. In the past experimental chambers have been designed to implicate aging tests on Polymer and ceramic. The Artificial chamber we have created will have 5 different types of artificial environments Raining, Cold, Hot, SMOG, and Dust.
The first step was developing the artificial chamber and then calibrating 5 different environmental settings, Once done Testing began on Polymer. This part consists of taking readings for all of the different environments e.g., rain, temperature, humidity, SMOG, and pH by using environmental data for the past 5 years of Pakistan for better and more accurate results. The Testing will let us know the different effects of the environment on Polymer and Ceramic insulators. After testing we will compare both Polymer and Ceramic insulators and check which insulator was impacted by the environmental stress more thus letting us know which insulator is more likely to be affected by Flashover and other problems.
Benefits of the Project
Benifit of this FYP project are as it will tell us which of these both insulator are better suited for diffrent enviometal conditions if it is Polymer Insulator then :
| Factor | Ceramic | Polymer |
| WEIGHT | Heavy | 90% lighter than Ceramic |
| FRAGIBILITY | Fragile | Not Fragile |
| INSTALLATION | Risky and difficult | Easy |
| MAINTENANCE COST | High | Low |
| RESISTANCE TO FLASHOVERS | Low | High |
| HYDROPHOBICITY | Non-Hydrophobic | Hydrophobic |
| TENSILE STRENGTH | good | Excellent |
Technical Details of Final Deliverable
The project will be submitted in working condition. The whole body frame will be made up of steel, at which the bottom part of the frame will be made into a water tank completely sealed whereas the top part will be covered with acrylic so that it may be visible when performing the test on the insulator which will be at the center of the top tank hanging from the ceiling. artificial environmental conditions will be monitored and controlled via Arduino and different other sensors which all be will on a separate sensor panel board also made up of acrylic.
The final result of the project will give us which insulator (polymer and ceramic) was most affected by the artificial environmental conditions in our case we will gather the contamination residues from both insulators and compare which had the least contamination hence letting us prove which insulator is more reliable.
Final Deliverable of the Project
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| Elapsed time in (days or weeks or month or quarter) since start of the project | Milestone | Deliverable |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 &2 | Discussion about the initial objectives and outline of the project | Project proposal Given |
| Month 3 & 4 | Ordering of Polymer and Designing The chamber | Arival of Polymer insulator and Frame of chamber completed |
| Month 5 & 6 | Purchasing acrylic and other components(TFT screen,flow sensor, water motor etc) to complete outside of the chamber. | Completed the chamber with piping,coding for flow sensor, water motor inside bottom tank for flow of water to the top and TFT screen and attaching of acrylic sheets around the chamber. |
| Month 7 & 8 | Creation of SMOG inside the chamber.Creating GUI on TFT screen to control rain. finding a way to control Fans and Heat (500Watt light). | Achived SMOG inside the chamber and created GUI on TFT screen to control rain. for FOG we used foggers inside the chamber and for controlling rain and Heat we used Temperature controllers |
| Month 9 & 10 | Desiging Sensor panel and finalizing the whole project | sensor panel created and attached with the chamber. Finalized the project with all sensors and other components. Project in working condition |
| Month 11 & 12 | Working on Report | Report will be completed. |
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