1. ABSTRACT.
The project analyzes the wetting process during the testing of
artificially contaminated insulators. A calculation method is
developed to determine the rate of wetting by condensation and by
the collision of water droplets with the insulator surface. Series of
tests show that the flashover voltage, the washing effect of fog and
the leakage current all depend on the fog conditions. Different fog-
generation methods (cold, warm, steam) are compared on the basis
of calculations and experimental results. The paper concludes that
the pollution test results for an artificially contaminated insulator
depend on the fog parameters and the fog generation method. The
operation of the fog chamber can be optimized by adjusting the fog
parameters to achieve the minimum flashover voltage.
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There are different methods to find the severity of pollution in any
place. The project mainly deals with ESDD (Equivalent salt deposit
density) and conductance method. The main aim of the project is to
establish a correlation between ESDD method and conductance