Transformer failures in regions incorrectly considered to have low GIC-risk

2007 IEEE Lausanne POWERTECH, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 807-812

  Gaunt, C T ^a   Coetzee, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b ESKOM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Failure analysis; Geomagnetically induced currents; Power transformers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETICALLY INDUCED CURRENTS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; TRANSFORMER FAILURES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 50949111343     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PCT.2007.4538419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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