Investigating the Effect of Rainfall Parameters on the Self-Cleaning of Polluted Suspension Insulators: Insight from Southern China

The cleaning effect of heavy rain (the rainfall reaches 5 mm every day) on surface contamination of insulators is more effective than dew, fog, mist, and other light rain conditions which can initiate leakage currents and increase the likelihood of flashover. It is well understood that heavy rain ca...

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Main Authors: Zidan Jiang, Xingliang Jiang, Zhijin Zhang, Yujun Guo, Yongfu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-05-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/5/601