Investigation on field-aged RTV-coated insulators used in heavily contaminated areas

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1117-1124

  Gao, Haifeng ^a   Jia, Zhidong ^a   Guan, Zhicheng ^a   Wang, Liming ^a   Zhu, Keneng ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Electric Power Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Field aging; Hydrophobicity; Leakage current; Pollution; Pollution flashover; Room temperature vulcanized (RTV) coating; Wetting

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; FLASHOVER; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; RUBBER COATINGS; SILICONE COATINGS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

POLLUTION FLASHOVER; ROOM TEMPERATURE VULCANIZED COATING; VOLTAGE WITHSTAND;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 34147103984     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2007.893432     Document Type: Article

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