Track: Industry Practices and Solutions
Abstract
Metal Oxide surge arresters play a major role in the protection of electrical devices or equipment from lightning and switching surges. These surge protective devices are installed in most industrial, commercial and domestic power or data networks and facilities, yet do not always form part of predictive maintenance strategy. However, due to the critical importance of devices/equipment or networks protected by these types of arresters, condition monitoring of metal oxide-based surge arresters becomes essential practice to ensure or guarantee surge protection. A review of commonly-applied techniques for condition monitoring of MOSA devices yields the need to develop or/and improve suitable models online and remotely-applied monitoring application.