Prediction of flashover voltage of non-ceramic insulators under contaminated conditions

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 862-869

  Venkataraman, S ^a   Gorur, R S ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc constant; Ceramic insulators; ESDD; Flashover; Polymeric insulators; Reignition constant; Surface resistance

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ETHYLENE; FLASHOVER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOMERS; SILICONES;

ARC CONSTANT; CERAMIC INSULATORS; POLYMERIC INSULATORS; REIGNITION CONSTANT; SURFACE RESISTANCE;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 33748318010     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2006.1667747     Document Type: Article

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