Low temperature and moisture effects on polarization and depolarization currents of oil-paper insulation

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Fofana, I ^a   Hemmatjou, H ^a   Farzaneh, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Depolarization current; Dielectric spectroscopy; Low temperature; Moisture content; Oil paper insulation; Polarization current; Time domain

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; DEPOLARIZATION CURRENT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; OIL-PAPER INSULATION; POLARIZATION CURRENT; TIME DOMAIN;

DEPOLARIZATION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC INSULATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS; TESTING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

EID: 70449112672     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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