Seismic reliability of UHV porcelain arrester with damping system

The vulnerability of the UHV porcelain arrester is very high under strong earthquake. To rise seismic reliability of the UHV porcelain arrester, a new type lead damper, which is a new patent product, is installed at the bottom of the equipment. To investigate the damping effect of the dampers, the experimental research and finite element analysis on seismic behavior of the UHV porcelain arrester with and without the dampers are carried out by means of single point input and single point output(SISO)measurement. The analyzed results show that the damper is well functioning, effectively decreasing stochastic earthquake response of the UHV porcelain arrester, thus the seismic reliability of porcelain arrester is improved. A seismic reliability analysis method is put forward based on the stochastic earthquake model .The mean and standard deviation of the seismic responses of the arrester with and without the dampers under the different site conditions are gained based on physical stochastic seismic motion model. Then its seismic reliability is calculated by the FOSM, and the fragility curves of the arrester are built. Calculation result shows that seismic reliability of the arrester with the dampers can be effectively enhanced under Ms 8.0 earthquake. A conclusion is given that the damper is capable to improve the seismic reliability of the UHV porcelain arrester effectively, and may be widely applied to the seismic design of the UHV porcelain arrester. © 2014, Zhang et al.