Assessment of the status of insulation during thermal stress accelerated experiments on transformer prototypes

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 227-237

  Pradhan, M K ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Accelerated stress; Carbon oxides; DP; Furfurals; Pro rated units; Thermal aging; Transformer insulation

Indexed keywords

POWER EQUIPMENTS; THERMAL AGING; TRANSFORMER INSULATION;

BYPRODUCTS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; THERMAL STRESS;

ELECTRIC INSULATION;

EID: 32844460029     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2006.1593420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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