Investigations on leakage current and phase angle characteristics of porcelain and polymeric insulator under contaminated conditions

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 574-583

  Chandrasekar, S ^a   Kalaivanan, C ^a   Cavallini, Andrea ^b   Montanari, Gian ^b  

^a SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flashover; Leakage currents; Porcelain insulators; Silicone rubber; Wavelet transforms

Indexed keywords

AC VOLTAGES; APPLIED VOLTAGES; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DISCRETE-WAVELET-TRANSFORM; DISTORTION RATIOS; MULTI RESOLUTIONS; OUTDOOR INSULATORS; PATTERN ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE TESTS; PHASE ANGLES; POLLUTION LEVELS; POLYMERIC INSULATORS; PORCELAIN INSULATORS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIGNAL DECOMPOSITIONS; SILICONE RUBBER; SILICONE RUBBER INSULATORS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TIME-FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FLASHOVER; INSULATING MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MULTIRESOLUTION ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; PORCELAIN; RUBBER; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICONES; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

LEAKAGE CURRENTS;

EID: 65349109794     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2009.4815193     Document Type: Article

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