Electrical behavior of contaminated distribution insulators exposed to natural wetting

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 551-558

  Richards, Chris S ^a   Banner, Carl L ^b   Butler Purry, Karen L ^b   Don Russell, B ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcing; Contaminated insulators; Leakage current

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MOISTURE; WETTING;

ELECTRICAL BEHAVIOR;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 0037396222     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2003.809682     Document Type: Article

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