Role of air gaps on AC withstand voltage of an ice-covered insulator string

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1350-1357

  Farzaneh, M ^a   Volat, C ^a   Zhang, J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Air gap; Finite element method; Ice covered insulator; Modeling and simulation; Voltage distribution; Withstand voltage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ICE; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

AC WITHSTAND VOLTAGE; AIR GAPS; HIGH VOLTAGE (HV) ELECTRODES; ICE-COVERED INSULATOR;

ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 33845639135     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2006.258207     Document Type: Article

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