Description
Solid insulation means “Air” is being replaced with “Solid Insulating Material”. We all know that in any Air Insulated Medium voltage switchgear panel all live components like Bus Bar, CT, PT and Cable terminations are surrounded by Air with required creepage and clearance to sustain power frequency & impulse voltages.
Epoxy is being evolved as a very good medium for insulation and Solid Insulation Switchgear Technology is based on excellent insulation property of epoxy. Suppose if all the live components mentioned above are being encapsulated inside epoxy and electrical connections are also insulated once connection is done then there is no need of Air as an insulating material. We can understand the same with below picture:









