Numerical Calculation and Analysis on the Surface Electric Field Characteristics of Hot-Line Robot

Hot-Line robot (HLR) is an automatic transmission line inspection device developed in recent years. The mounting device should be contacted with the high voltage transmission line thus to realize the voltage transfer at the first operation stage of the HLR, and the HLR device which is regarded as a floating electrode might be damaged by discharge induced by the filed distortion during the voltage transfer process. The surface electric field of HLR device is optimized to improve its operation reliability, and a static-electric field finite element model of the transmission line which includes the HLR device is developed in this paper, and the dynamic surface electric filed characteristics of HLR during elevating operation process are studied by the finite elements model. Results show that influenced by the electric field which induced by high-voltage transmission line, the induced electric field can be generated on the surface of HLR during the process of elevating operation. The induced electric field distorts on the edge chamfer of HLR device which is regarded as a floating electrode. The maximum field strength position is influenced by the arrangement of the overhead wire conductor, and the edge chamfers are the key points of the electric field optimization of the HLR. The results of this study could provide theoretical basis and technical support for the optimization of HLR insulation characteristics, which is of great value to improve its operation reliability.