Understanding the impacts of moisture and thermal ageing on transformer's insulation by dielectric response and molecular weight measurements

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 568-582

  Saha, T K ^a   Purkait, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HALDIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Gel permeation chromatography; Moisture content; Moisture related degradation; Molecular weight; Polarization and depolarization current; Return voltage; Size exclusion chromatography; Thermal ageing; Transformer condition assessment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; INSULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; THERMAL AGING;

DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; RETURN VOLTAGE;

MOISTURE;

EID: 42149108015     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2008.4483479     Document Type: Article

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