Insulator icing test methods and procedures a position paper prepared by the IEEE Task Force on insulator icing test methods

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1503-1515

  Farzaneh, M ^a   Baker, T ^a   Bernstorf, A ^a   Brown, K ^a   Chisholm, W A ^a   De Tourreil, C ^a   Drapeau, J F ^a   Fikke, S ^a   George, J M ^a   Gnandt, E ^a   Grisham, T ^a   Gutman, I ^a   Hartings, R ^a   Kremer, R ^a   Powell, G ^a   Rolfseng, L ^a   Rozek, T ^a   Ruff, D L ^a   Shaffner, D ^a   Sklenicka, V ^a   Sundararajan, R ^a   Yu, J ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

Contamination; Flashover; Fog; High voltage transmission; Ice; Insulator; Snow; Statistical interpretation; Test methods

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS; FLASHOVER;

FLASHOVER VOLTAGE; HIGH-VOLTAGE TESTING; INSULATOR ICING TEST METHODS;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 10744224017     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2003.817808     Document Type: Article

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