• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.59 no.1
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• pp.83-88
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• 2010

A new live-line insulator tester was developed to detect faulty insulators in 154kV power transmission lines. This paper is the first part of the two-part paper and deals with its tester development. The developed tester has the following characteristics. First, it automates parts of the insulator inspection process by using a sensor and an actuator, and secondly, it sustains its weight by itself, not by a lineman. Finally, it measures the insulation resistance of an insulator together with its distribution voltage to provide more information for its analysis and diagnosis. These leads to the improvement of its operation efficiency, measurement reliability and usability. Its effectiveness was validated by live-line field tests in actual power lines.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.49 no.5
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• pp.235-240
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• 2000

A low cost lighting system for line-scan cameras has been developed with 3-phase power. When exposure time of line-scan camera is shorter than fluctuation period of illumination, the average gray value of each acquired 1-D image varies. Detecting defects on the objects's surface under such illuminating environment is very difficult. The proposed lighting system is composed of low-cost fluorescent lights based on 3-phase power. The specially designed lighting pack and the properly selected lighting position enable to get the rippleless lighting. The principle of the proposed lighting system has been explained analytically. The lighting system has been tested for fabric inspection with line-scan camera and it's efficacy has been proved.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.185-185
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• 2020

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.315-317
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• 2008

Recently, a new construction of transmission line has been through quite hard situation due to demands for a new construction of transmission line have been saturated in south korea and also difficulties of purchasing the routes. In addition, the demands for electricity have been decreased in all of advanced countries of the world due to slowdown of the rate of economic growth. So they are trying to find a way to utilize a existing transmission line by extending the durable period. Therefore this is necessary to apply an applicable technology on domestic markets such as inspection, examination, maintenance of existing transmission lines by introducing advanced countries's example which shall be based on Japan's electric power companies.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.300_301
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• 2009

765kV Transmission line is retained and operated by KEPCO(Korea Electric Power Corporation), and KPS(Korea Power Plant Service & Engineering) has been taking charge of maintenance service. KPS is doing characteristic maintenance and inspection for 765kV lines for example preventive patrol, routine patrol(every 6-month), and close inspection(every 5-year), This paper presents the optimum maintenance methods and the related standards for 765kV line. This result will use to stabilize of 765kV lines.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.9-10
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• 2006

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.60 no.6
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• pp.1239-1244
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• 2011

In our previous paper, we developed an insulator inspection robot system for a suspension insulator string in the 345kV power transmission line. However, this robot cannot be applied to a tension insulator string, because its constituent insulators are different in diameter and height from those of a suspension insulator string. To solve this problem, we developed a new live-line insulator inspection robot system that is applicable to both suspension and tension insulator strings. We confirmed its effectiveness through live-line performance tests.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.151-152
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.637-638
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.10b
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• pp.421-423
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• 2005

Power transmission lines have been playing a key role as the mainstay of national industry. When a power failure occurs, it can have severe effects on national security as well as national industry and economy. In this paper, we consider an insulator failure, which is one of the main causes of such a power failure. In spite of its importance, however, a shortage of manpower in the insulator maintenance field is getting more serious due to working environments with a high voltage and a high place. For this reason, a new active maintenance technique using a robot system is required to prevent such an insulator failure. In this paper, a new robot mechanism for insulator cleaning and inspection was developed. We confirmed its effectiveness through experiments.