Failure analysis of composite dielectric of power capacitors in distribution systems

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 583-588

  Farag, A S ^a   Wang, C ^b   Cheng, T C ^b   Zheng, G ^b   Du, Y ^b   Hu, L ^b   Palk, B ^c   Moon, M ^c  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CAPACITOR BANKS; COMPOSITE DIELECTRICS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032142288     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.708276     Document Type: Article

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