Investigation of Polarization and Depolarization Current Measurements for the Assessment of Oil-paper Insulation of Aged Transformers

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 144-154

  Saha, Tapan Kumar ^a   Purkait, Prithwiraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Conductivity; Depolarization current; Di electric response; Moisture content; Oil paper insulation; Polarization current; Transformer

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; MOISTURE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POLARIZATION;

DEPOLARIZATION CURRENT; DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; OIL-PAPER INSULATION; POLARIZATION CURRENT;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 1842529229     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2004.1266329     Document Type: Article

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