Odd harmonics and third to fifth harmonic ratios of leakage currents as diagnostic tools to study the ageing of glass insulators

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 819-832

  Bashir, Nouruddeen ^a   Ahmad, Hussein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Flashover; Glass insulator; Harmonics; Leakage current

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC GLASS; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DIELECTRIC DISSIPATION FACTORS; ELECTRICAL STRESS; FIFTH HARMONICS; GLASS INSULATOR; GLASS INSULATORS; MEASUREMENT OF LOSS; ODD HARMONICS; ONLINE MONITORING; STRONG CORRELATION; TANGENT DELTA; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTIONS; TRANSMISSION LINE; WAVE FORMS;

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC LINES; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FLASHOVER; GLASS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

LEAKAGE CURRENTS;

EID: 77954203397     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5492255     Document Type: Article

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