Electrical performance of non-ceramic insulators in artificial contamination tests. Role of resting time

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 827-835

  De La O, A ^a   Gorur, R S ^a   Burnham, J T ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Florida Power & Light Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLASHOVER; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTIFICIAL CONTAMINATION TESTS; CLEAN FOG TECHNIQUE; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENEMONOMER; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONCERAMIC INSULATORS; RESTING TIME; SILICONE RUBBER;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 0030371045     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.556566     Document Type: Article

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