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Abstract
Efficient and accurate insulator defect detection is essential for maintaining the safe and stable operation of transmission lines. However, the detection effectiveness is adversely impacted by complex and changeable environmental backgrounds, particularly under extreme weather that elevates accident risks. Therefore, this research proposes a high-precision intelligent strategy based on the synthetic weather algorithm and improved YOLOv7 for detecting insulator defects under extreme weather. The proposed methodology involves augmenting the dataset with synthetic rain, snow, and fog algorithm processing. Additionally, the original dataset undergoes augmentation through affine and colour transformations to improve model's generalisation performance under complex power inspection backgrounds. To achieve higher recognition accuracy in severe weather, an improved YOLOv7 algorithm for insulator defect detection is proposed, integrating focal loss with SIoU loss function and incorporating an optimised decoupled head structure. Experimental results indicate that the synthetic weather algorithm processing significantly improves the insulator defect detection accuracy under extreme weather, increasing the mean average precision by 2.4%. Furthermore, the authors’ improved YOLOv7 model achieves 91.8% for the mean average precision, outperforming the benchmark model by 2.3%. With a detection speed of 46.5 frames per second, the model meets the requirement of real-time detection of insulators and their defects during power inspection.
High VoltageEnergy-Energy Engineering and Power Technology
CiteScore
9.60
自引率
27.30%
发文量
97
审稿时长
21 weeks
期刊介绍:
High Voltage aims to attract original research papers and review articles. The scope covers high-voltage power engineering and high voltage applications, including experimental, computational (including simulation and modelling) and theoretical studies, which include:
Electrical Insulation
● Outdoor, indoor, solid, liquid and gas insulation
● Transient voltages and overvoltage protection
● Nano-dielectrics and new insulation materials
● Condition monitoring and maintenance
Discharge and plasmas, pulsed power
● Electrical discharge, plasma generation and applications
● Interactions of plasma with surfaces
● Pulsed power science and technology
High-field effects
● Computation, measurements of Intensive Electromagnetic Field
● Electromagnetic compatibility
● Biomedical effects
● Environmental effects and protection
High Voltage Engineering
● Design problems, testing and measuring techniques
● Equipment development and asset management
● Smart Grid, live line working
● AC/DC power electronics
● UHV power transmission
Special Issues. Call for papers:
Interface Charging Phenomena for Dielectric Materials - https://digital-library.theiet.org/files/HVE_CFP_ICP.pdf
Emerging Materials For High Voltage Applications - https://digital-library.theiet.org/files/HVE_CFP_EMHVA.pdf