Polymeric HVDC cable design and space charge accumulation. Part 1: insulation/semicon interface

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 11-19

  Fabiani, Davide ^a   Montanari, Gian Carlo ^a   Laurent, Christian ^b,c   Teyssedre, Gilbert ^b,c   Morshuis, Peter H F ^d   Bodega, Riccardo ^e   Dissado, Leonard A ^f   Campus, Alfred ^g   Nilsson, Ulf H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c d'Hydraulique et des Telecommunications   (France)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e Prysmian Cables and Systems   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g BOREALIS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Charge accumulation; Charge packets; Conduction current; Field inversion; HVDC cables; Polymeric insulation; Semicon shield; Space charge; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRIC CABLES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRODES;

POLYMERIC CABLES; SPACE CHARGE ACCUMULATION; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 36749009669     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2007.4389975     Document Type: Article

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