Leakage current characteristics in estimating insulator reliability: experimental investigation and analysis.

The monitoring of leakage current (LC) and voltage characteristics in transmission line insulators is regarded as a good technique for anticipating the physical state of in-service insulators. In the current work, the temporal and frequency characteristics of LC and voltage under various situations were derived for assessing the health condition of porcelain, glass, and silicone rubber insulators. The contamination severity indicated by soluble deposit density, wetting level (Wt), non-soluble deposit density, and uneven pollution distribution (P/P) were chosen as the environmental factors that impact the insulators.

An Investigation of the Reliability of Different Types of Sensors in the Real-Time Vibration-Based Anomaly Inspection in Drone.

Early drone anomaly inspection is vital to ensure the drone's safety and effectiveness. This process is often overlooked, especially by amateur drone pilots; however, some faulty conditions are difficult to notice by the naked eye or discover, even though the drone inspection process has been conducted; therefore, a real-time early drone inspection approach based on vibration data is proposed in this study. Firstly, the reliability of several microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors, namely the ADXL335 accelerometer, ADXL 345 accelerometer, ADXL377 accelerometer, and SW420 vibration sensor in detecting faulty conditions, were tested and compared.