Electrical treeing characteristics in XLPE power cable insulation in frequency range between 20 and 500 Hz

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-188

  Chen, G ^a   Tham, C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SP PowerGrid   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accumulated damage; Box counting; Electrical tree; Fractal dimension; Growth rate; Partial discharge; Variable frequency

Indexed keywords

CABLES; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES;

AC APPLICATIONS; ACCUMULATED DAMAGE; APPLIED VOLTAGES; BOX-COUNTING; ELECTRIC TREES; ELECTRICAL TREE; ELECTRICAL TREE GROWTHS; ELECTRICAL TREEING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY EFFECTS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH VOLTAGES; LONG TERMS; NEW APPROACHES; POLYMERIC MATERIALS; TREE GROWTHS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY; XLPE POWER CABLES;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 61349193297     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2009.4784566     Document Type: Article

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