Development of procedures for partial discharge measurements at low pressures in air, argon and helium

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1535-1543

  Grosjean, Dennis F ^a   Schweickart, Daniel L ^b   Kasten, Donald G ^c   Sebo, Stephen A ^c   Liu, Xin ^c,d  

^a INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c The Ohio State University   (United States)

^d AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental setup; Guidelines; Low pressure; Partial discharge; Partial discharge current pulse waveform; Partial discharge measurement requirements; Rise time

Indexed keywords

ARGON; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC MACHINE INSULATION; EXPERIMENTS; HELIUM; INERT GASES; REFLECTIVE COATINGS;

EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; GUIDELINES; LOW PRESSURE; PARTIAL DISCHARGE CURRENT-PULSE WAVEFORM; PARTIAL DISCHARGE MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS; RISE TIME;

PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

EID: 58149119351     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2008.4712655     Document Type: Article

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