New experimental system for the study of the effect of temperature and liquid to solid transition on streamers in dielectric liquids: Application to cyclohexane

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 764-774

  Hestad, Øystein L ^a   Lundgaard, Lars E ^b   Linhjell, Dag ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Charge injection; Charge measurement; Cyclohexane; Dielectric materials; Tempature control; Test equipment

Indexed keywords

CHARGE MEASUREMENT; CHARGE MEASUREMENTS; CONTROL TESTS; CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; EMITTED LIGHT; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; FAST RISE TIME; FREEZING POINT; INSULATING LIQUIDS; NEGATIVE POLARITY; PLANE GEOMETRY; POSITIVE POLARITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID TRANSITION; SYSTEM USE; TEMPATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; CYCLOHEXANE; PULSE GENERATORS; SIGNAL GENERATORS;

DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 77954203626     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5492249     Document Type: Article

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