The invention belongs to the field of insulator detection, and particularly relates to a
porcelain insulator degradation detection method based on a photoelectric field sensing technology, which comprises the following steps: carrying out analogue
simulation on a 35kV-500kV line
porcelain insulator string through COMSOL, and establishing models by analogue
simulation including a non-degradation model and a degradation model; the live detection of the
porcelain insulator string is realized, firstly, the porcelain insulator string is simulated under two conditions of non-degradation and degradation,
field intensity change reference thresholds of a high section, a middle section and a low section of the porcelain insulator string are confirmed, and during detection, a
broadband electric field sensor based on a Pockels electro-optical effect is used for detecting the
field intensity change reference thresholds of the high section, the middle section and the low section of the porcelain insulator string. Each insulator, between the high-
voltage end and the low-
voltage end, of the to-be-detected porcelain insulator string in the axial direction is detected, the detected
field intensity data generates an
axial field intensity distribution curve through the pre-simulated reference curvature, the fault position is visually displayed and the fault piece is confirmed in a curve comparison mode, and the detection accuracy is improved in a segmented comparison mode.