Verification of the value of leakage current amperage of a rod insulator surface determined using an electric model of its surface percolation

This work presents simulation of calculations related to the value of leakage current amperage on a porcelain surface of a rod insulator performed using the percolation theory. Surface of a rod insulator has been presented in the percolation model for grid nodes. This model is an electric circuit which includes a resistance grid and a power (voltage) source. This model includes a randomised method of “filled” node creation within the grid. The procedure of simulation calculations of the leakage current amperage using the percolation model included creation of its equivalent circuit and declaration of appropriate current analysis in the PSpice program. Thus obtained values of leakage current on amperage the surface of a rod insulator were compared with values measured on insulators studied at the testing station. Similar values of leakage current amperage on surfaces of insulators were obtained in simulation calculations (for the percolation theory), and in actual measurements at the testing station.