Streamer Generation and Propagation in Transformer Oil under ac Divergent Field Conditions

IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 941-954

  Lesaint, O ^a   Tobazeon R ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; INSULATING OIL;

BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; DIVERGENT FIELD CONDITIONS; FILAMENTARY STREAMERS; PREBREAKDOWN PHENOMENA; STREAMER GENERATION;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 0024169666     PISSN: 00189367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/14.16519     Document Type: Article

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