The Construction Of Laboratory Equipment For The Determination / Investigation Of Electrical Insulator Breakdown

Insulation deterioration occurs on power system when insulators are subjected to abnormal stresses. Since insulators cannot resist indefinite amount of energy, with enough voltage applied, any insulating material will eventually succumb to the electrical pressure and electron flow will occur and once current is forced through an insulating material, breakdown of that material’s molecular structure has occurred. After breakdown, the material may or may not behave as insulator any more. This project presents the construction of effective and efficient laboratory equipment designed to detect the …