Optimization of Corona Ring Design Used in UHV Composite Insulator by PSO Algorithm

The three-dimensional model for the V and I type composite insulators used in AC 1000kV single-circuit tangent power transmission tower has been established, and conducted E-field calculation in FEM software, the results show that maximum electric field strength of corona ring used in V type insulator is about 13.9% and insulator surface 29.2% higher than that of I type, thus corona ring structure should be further optimized. So PSO algorithm has been implemented, meanwhile, submodeling technique was also used to solve such large calculation amount problem due to complexity of used model which can effectively reduce calculation amount without lose of accuracy. Then the method combining FEM and PSO algorithm has been applied to corona ring structure multi-parameter optimization used in V and I type insulators, finally, maximum E-field located in surface of ring and insulator shed can meet the electric control value, and no corona discharges can be observed when corona rings were used in actual project. The method proposed in the paper can solve structure optimization problem for large field domain and multi-media complex model, meanwhile, have reference value for researching field of insulation structure optimization with PSO algorithm.