Infra-red and ultra-violet imaging techniques applied to the inspection of outdoor transmission voltage insulators

IEEE AFRICON Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 593-598

  Bologna, F ^a   Mahatho, N ^a   Hoch, D A ^b  

^a ESKOM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED IMAGING; INSPECTION; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; INFRARED CAMERAS; INFRARED IMAGING TECHNIQUE; NON-CERAMIC INSULATORS; OUTDOOR TRANSMISSION VOLTAGE INSULATORS;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 0036992331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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