Ageing of silicone rubber insulators in coastal and inland tropical environment

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 326-333

  Fernando, M A R M ^a   Gubanski, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Biological growth; Composite insulator; Leakage current; Silicone rubber; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL GROWTH; COMPOSITE INSULATORS; DISCHARGE TYPES; ELECTRIC STRESS; FIELD EXPOSURE; FIELD INVESTIGATION; GLASS INSULATORS; HYDROPHOBICITY CLASS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; NATURAL FIELDS; NON-LINEAR; PORCELAIN INSULATORS; SALT FOG CHAMBER; SALT SOLUTION; SALT SPRAY; SHORT TIME FOURIER TRANSFORM ANALYSIS; SILICONE RUBBER; SILICONE RUBBER INSULATORS; SRI LANKA; TERM FIELD; TIME FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS; VISUAL INSPECTION; WET FLASHOVER;

ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FLASHOVER; FOG; GLASS; INSULATING MATERIALS; PORCELAIN; RUBBER; SILICONES; TROPICS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

LEAKAGE CURRENTS;

EID: 77951545252     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5448085     Document Type: Article

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