An assessment of the reliability of in-service gapped silicon-carbide distribution surge arresters

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1789-1794

  Darveniza, M ^a,b   Mercer, D R ^b   Watson, R M ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POWER FREQUENCY SPARKOVER LEVEL;

AGING OF MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ELECTRIC SURGES; SILICON CARBIDE;

LIGHTNING ARRESTERS;

EID: 0030258931     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.544259     Document Type: Article

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