Insulator leakage distance dimensioning in areas of winter contamination using cold-fog test results

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1455-1461

  Chisholm, William A ^a  

^a KINECTRICS INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Dielectric breakdown; Insulator contamination; Surface cleaning

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOG; FREEZING; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; SURFACE CLEANING;

COLD FOG; INSULATOR CONTAMINATION;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 37248999395     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2007.4401228     Document Type: Article

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