Investigation of diagnostic techniques for metal oxide surge arresters

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-59

  Mardira, Karl Primardi ^a   Saha, Tapan Kumar ^a   Sutton, Roberta A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging by lightning impulse currents; Degradation mechanism; Energy dispersive spectrometry; Metal oxide surge arrester; Optical microscopy; Polarization depolarization current; Return voltage; Scanning electron microscopy; X Ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHTING; MARKETING; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURGE PROTECTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AGING BY LIGHTNING IMPULSE CURRENTS; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; METAL OXIDE SURGE ARRESTER (MOSA); POLARIZATION/DEPOLARIZATION CURRENT; RETURN VOLTAGE;

MOS DEVICES;

EID: 14544294801     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2005.1394015     Document Type: Article

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