Computation of the electric field in cable insulation in the presence of water trees and space charge

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-43

  Stancu, Cristina ^a   Notingher, Petru V ^a   Ciuprina, Florin ^a   Notingher Jr , Petru ^b   Castellon, Jérôme ^b   Agnel, Serge ^b   Toureille, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

Author keywords

Cable insulation; Electric field; Polyethylene; Space charge; Water treeing

Indexed keywords

CABLE SHEATHING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; FORESTRY; INSULATING MATERIALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYETHYLENES; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES;

CABLE INSULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD COMPUTATION; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; OUTER SEMICONDUCTING LAYERS; POWER CABLE INSULATION; SEMICONDUCTING LAYER; SPACE CHARGE MEASUREMENTS; WATER TREEING;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 59649102043     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2008.2009659     Document Type: Article

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