Method and system for determining serial and parallel connection gaps of overhead power transmission line insulators

The invention discloses a method and a system for determining serial and parallel connection gaps of overhead power transmission line insulators, wherein the method comprises the following steps of: determining the structures and the shapes of parallel connection gaps according to thunder impulse discharge characteristics; determining the structures and the shapes of the parallel connection gaps according to electric-field intensity distribution; determining the structures and the shapes of the parallel connection gaps according to power frequency arc motion characteristics; determining the space magnetic-field distribution of the parallel connection gaps according to the structures and the shapes of the parallel connection gaps; building an arc motion model of the parallel connection gaps by adopting an arc segmented model to simulate the motion processes of arc roots and arc columns of power frequency arcs under the actions of a space magnetic field and wind force; emulating the arcmotion characteristics generated by various different structures and shapes of the connection parallel gaps by utilizing the arc motion model; and determining the structures and the shapes of the parallel connection gaps according to the influences of various different structures and shapes of the parallel connection gaps on the arc motion processes. The parallel connection gaps take account of both the advantages and the defects between the lightning outage rate of a line and the failure rate of the line.