Current trends in the application of non-ceramic insulators for transmission & distribution lines subject to contamination
- Reliable Power Products, Franklin Park, IL (United States)
Non-Ceramic Insulators (NCI) have been in application for more than 25 years. During this time, manufacturers have worked diligently to improve product designs and polymer materials. Today, the use of Non-Ceramic Polymer insulators is proliferating as Utilities become more confident in this advanced technology. The application advantages of NCI technology are more widely recognized and understood and credibility is growing in the long term service performance of these insulators. Current estimates place the NCI market share as high as 50% of the total US transmission insulator market. Indeed, Reliable Power Products is proud to advise that their insulators have been selected for the first 500 KV-DC transmission line in the USA to use 100% composite polymer insulators. With the combination of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (Los Angeles to Las Vegas) and Salt River Project (Las Vegas to Phoenix), a total of almost 1,000 Kms. of transmission line will be insulated with Silicone Rubber Polymer Insulators. The total project will include almost 15,000 insulator strings. User confidence is not confined to the USA market. The application of NCI`s by International Utilities has also experienced significant growth. This may be evidenced by EHV installations in South America, Middle East, South Africa, Australia and South East Asia.
- Research Organization:
- US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States); Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
- OSTI ID:
- 81448
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941089-Vol.1; ON: DE95011612; TRN: 95:016777
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: US-Korea electric power generation seminar mission, Seoul (Korea, Republic of), 24-28 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]; Related Information: Is Part Of US-Korea Electric Power Generation Seminar Mission: Proceedings, Volume 1; Harris, J.J. [USDOE Deputy Assistant Secretary, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Science and Technology Policy]; PB: 459 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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