A moisture-in-oil model for power transformer monitoring - Part I: Theoretical foundation

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 20, Issue 2 II, 2005, Pages 1417-1422

  García, Belén ^a   Burgos, Juan Carlos ^a   Alonso, Ángel Matías ^b   Sanz, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Moisture; Monitoring; Oil insulation; Paper insulation; Power transformer insulation testing; Power transformers

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ELECTRIC INSULATION TESTING; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER TESTING; ESTIMATION; INSULATING OIL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; MONITORING; OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS; PAPER; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

FREE WATER FORMATION; MOISTURE-IN-OIL MODEL; OIL INSULATION; OIL SATURATION; PAPER INSULATION; POWER TRANSFORMER INSULATION TESTING; POWER TRANSFORMER MONITORING; TRANSFORMER MONITORING SYSTEM;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER INSULATION;

EID: 17744364901     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2004.832366     Document Type: Article

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