Performance of silicone rubber in DC inclined plane tracking tests

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 521-532

  Bruce, G P ^a   Rowland, S M ^a   Krivda, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dc; Electrical discharge; Erosion; IEC 60587; Silicone rubber; Tracking

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM ELECTRODES; DC; DC ELECTRICAL; EROSION TEST; HIGHER-DEGREE; INCLINED PLANES; LEAKAGE CURRENT ANALYSIS; LOW FREQUENCY; PEAK LEAKAGE CURRENT; POSITIVE POLARITY; SILICONE RUBBER; SURFACE DAMAGES; SURFACE DEGRADATION; THICK SAMPLES; VOLTAGE LEVELS;

DEGRADATION; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MACHINERY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RUBBER; SILICONES; SURFACES; TESTING;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 77951521287     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5448108     Document Type: Article

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