Impact of weathering on flashover performance of nonceramic insulators

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1073-1080

  Venkataraman, S ^a   Gorur, R S ^a   Mishra, A P ^a  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; ESDD; Flashover; Nonceramic; Polymeric insulators; SEM; Surface degradation; Surface resistance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; EROSION; ETHYLENE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONOMERS; PROPYLENE; RUBBER; SILICONES; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

AGING FACTORS; COMPOSITE; CONTAMINATION FLASHOVER; ESDD; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE-DIENE MONOMER; FLASHOVER PERFORMANCE; FUTURE PERFORMANCE; NON-CERAMIC INSULATORS; NONCERAMIC; POLYMERIC INSULATORS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM); SEM; SILICONE RUBBER; SURFACE DEGRADATION; SURFACE RESISTANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION LINES; WET CONDITIONS;

FLASHOVER;

EID: 49449118567     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2008.4591230     Document Type: Article

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