Condition assessment of distribution PILC cables from electrical, chemical, and dielectric measurements

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 6-12

  Cherukupalli, Sudhakar ^a   Buchholz, Vern ^b   Colwell, Martin ^b   Crine, Jean Pierre ^c   Keefe, Robert J ^a  

^a BC HYDRO   (Canada)

^b POWERTECH LABS INC   (Canada)

^c EPRI ^*

Author keywords

AC breakdown strength; Diagnostic tests; Dialectric spectroscopy; Leakage current; Moisture content; PILC cables; Return voltage

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CABLES; ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; LEAD; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MOISTURE; PAPER; TITRATION;

CONDITION ASSESSMENT; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; PAPER INSULATED LEAD COVERED CABLES; RETURN VOLTAGE;

ELECTRIC INSULATION;

CABLES; DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC INSULATION; LEAD; MOISTURE CONTENT; PAPER; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 3943096683     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2004.1318834     Document Type: Article

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