Factors influencing electrical treeing in XLPE insulation

European Transactions on Electrical Power

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-218

  Malik, Nazer H ^a,b   Al Abdullah, Abdullah A ^a,c   Al Arainy, Abdulrhman A ^a,b   Qureshi, Mohammad I ^a,d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IEEE   (United States)

^c Saudi Telecommunication Company

^d Institution of Engineers of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Branch type tree; Bush type tree; Electrical treeing; Inception stress; XLPE insulation

Indexed keywords

BRANCH TYPE TREE; BUSH TYPE TREE; ELECTRICAL TREEING; IMPULSE VOLTAGES; INCEPTION STRESS; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; XLPE INSULATION;

CROSSLINKING; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYETHYLENES;

ELECTRIC INSULATION;

EID: 33645695112     PISSN: 1430144X     EISSN: 15463109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etep.80     Document Type: Article

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