Preventive measures to reduce bird-related power outages-Part I: Electrocution and collision

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1843-1847

  Sundararajan, R ^a   Burnham, J ^a   Carlton, R ^a   Cherney, E A ^a   Couret, G ^a   Eldridge, K T ^a   Farzaneh, M ^a   Frazier, S D ^a   Gorur, R S ^a   Harness, R ^a   Shaffner, D ^a   Siegel, S ^a   Varner, J ^a  

^a Insulator Contamination Working Grp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSHINGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; OUTAGES; OVERHEAD LINES;

BIRDS; COLLISIONS; ELECTROCUTION; RAPTORS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION;

EID: 7244232673     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2003.822947     Document Type: Article

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