Jooste, Frans

Correlating Site Pollution Severity When Assessing Natural Ageing & Pollution Performance: Original Versus Newly Relocated Koeberg Insulator Pollution Test Station (in English)

Mr. Jooste’s professional career has involved over 20 years in management, research, testing and development of power system technologies and standards. He also has over a decade of experience in the field of HV insulator research and application during which he investigated field failures and authored insulator-related engineering instructions for implementation. He is currently conducting research to establish a correlation between site pollution severity and influence of location when evaluating natural ageing as well as pollution performance of insulator materials with focus on the original, now decommissioned, versus the newly built Koeberg Insulator Pollution Test Station.