An approach to power transformer asset management using health index

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 20-34

  Jahromi, Ali Naderian ^a   Piercy, Ray ^a   Cress, Stephen ^a   Service, Jim R R ^a   Fan, Wang ^a  

^a KINECTRICS INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Capital plan; Failure; Health index; Life; Power transformer

Indexed keywords

AGE; CAPITAL PLAN; FAILURE; HEALTH INDEX; LIFE;

ASSET MANAGEMENT; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; HEALTH; INVESTMENTS; MAINTENANCE; OPERATING COSTS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRANSFORMER SUBSTATIONS;

POWER TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 65249126352     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2009.4802595     Document Type: Article

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