Characterization of a severely degraded silicone elastomer HV insulator - An aid to development of lifetime assessment techniques

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 478-486

  Liu, Heping ^a   Cash, Greg ^a   Birtwhistle, David ^a   George, Graeme ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condition assessment; Degradation; Silicone rubber insulator

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS; HYDROPHOBICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICONES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CONDITION ASSESSMENT; HIGH VOLTAGE (HV) INSULATORS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS (SIE); SILICONE RUBBER INSULATORS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 22744437049     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2005.1453452     Document Type: Article

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