Non-destructive measurement of the degradation of transformer insulating paper

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 309-318

  Baird, Patrick J ^a,c   Herman, Henryk ^a,d   Stevens, Gary C ^a,c,e   Jarman, Paul N ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL GRID   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Physics   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^e IoP Dielectrics Group

^f IoP Dielectrics Group ^*

Author keywords

Cellulose degradation; Multivariate statistical analysis; Nondestructive testing, paper insulation; Power industry; Power transformers; Spectroscopy; Transformer windings

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING, PAPER INSULATION; TRANSFORMER INSULATING PAPER;

DEGRADATION; INSULATING OIL; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

PAPER;

CELLULOSE DEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; INSULATING OIL; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTS; PAPER;

EID: 33646419579     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2006.1624275     Document Type: Article

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