Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0349150

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0349150

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

In-field assessment and lifetime prediction of composite insulators in high voltage electricity transmission networks. New types of composite insulators are now used in extra-high voltage overhead lines in Australia's national electricity grid. Flashover of such insulators due to early ageing may lead to unavailability of vital lines causing power transmission disruptions costing the National Electricity Market tens of millions of dollars. In this project research will be conducted into ageing of elastomers to provide early warning of insulator end-of-life and into new techniques for extracting elastomer samples from live high voltage insulators. Transgrid will cooperate in the application of the technology to give improved understanding of insulator ageing in transmission networks.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 12-02-2004

End Date: 14-03-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $210,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Analytical Spectrometry | Plasmas And Electrical Discharges | Electrical Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Rubber products | Appliances and electrical machinery and equipment | Electricity transmission |

Other Keywords

Analytical Spectrometry | Appliances and electrical machinery and equipment | Electrical Engineering | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Electricity transmission | Plasmas And Electrical Discharges | Rubber products

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