Power transformers internal insulation design improvements using electric field analysis through finite-element methods

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-278

  Khaligh, Alireza ^a   Vakilian, Mehdi ^b  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electric field; Finite element analysis; Insulation design; Power transformer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC INSULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

INSULATION DESIGN; POWER TRANSFORMER;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 38349191970     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.912771     Document Type: Article

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