Electrical Stress Enhancement of Contaminants in XLPE Insulation Used for Power Cables

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 6-12

  Bostrom, Jan Ove ^a   Marsden, Eric ^a   Hampton, R Nigel ^b   Nilsson, Ulf ^b   Lennartsson, Hakan ^c  

^a Borealis Compounds LLC   (United States)

^b BOREALIS AB   (Sweden)

^c BOROUGE PTE LTD   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Breakdown; Cleanliness; Contaminants; Performance requirements; Stress enhancements; Transmission cables; XLPE

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC CABLES; IMPURITIES; PERFORMANCE; POLYETHYLENES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ELECTRICAL STRESS ENHANCEMENT;

ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 0043282970     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2003.1226729     Document Type: Review

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