Insulator icing test methods, selection criteria and mitigation alternatives

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1462-1473

  Farzaneh, M ^a   Chisholm, W A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b KINECTRICS INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Contamination; Flashover; Fog; High voltage; Ice; Insulation coordination; Line insulators; Snow; Test methods

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC INSULATION COORDINATION; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLASHOVER; SNOW;

HIGH VOLTAGE; LINE INSULATORS;

ICE;

EID: 37249063794     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2007.4401229     Document Type: Article

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