Selection of station insulators with respect to ice and snow - Part I: Technical context and environmental exposure

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 264-270

  Farzaneh, M ^a   Baker, T ^a   Bernstorf, A ^a   Burnham, J T ^a   Carreira, T ^a   Cherney, E ^a   Chisholm, W A ^a   Christman, R ^a   Cole, R ^a   Cortinas, J ^a   de Tourreil, C ^a   Drapeau, J F ^a   Farzaneh Dehkordi, J ^a   Fikke, S ^a   Gorur, R ^a   Grisham, T ^a   Gutman, I ^a   Kuffel, J ^a   Phillips, A ^a   Powell, G ^a   Rolfseng, L ^a   Roy, M ^a   Rozek, T ^a   Ruff, D L ^a   Schwalm, A ^a   Sklenicka, V ^a   Stewart, G ^a   Sundararajan, R ^a   Szeto, M ^a   Tay, R ^a   Zhang, J ^a   more..

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Author keywords

Climate; Contamination; Flashover; Fog; High voltage; Ice; Insulator coordination; Snow; Station insulators

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLASHOVER; FOG; ICE; POLLUTION; SNOW; SUBWAY STATIONS;

CLIMATE; HIGH VOLTAGE; INSULATOR COORDINATION; STATION INSULATORS;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 19944430793     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2004.839731     Document Type: Article

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