Diagnostic application of moisture equilibrium for power transformers

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2574-2581

  Koch, Maik ^a   Tenbohlen, Stefan ^b   Stirl, Tobias ^c  

^a Omicron Energy   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; moisture content; moisture saturation; power transformers

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM; EQUILIBRIUM DIAGRAMS; INSULATION OIL; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE EQUILIBRIUM; MOISTURE SATURATION; MOISTURE SORPTION; OIL-PAPERS; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER SATURATIONS;

CELLULOSE; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SORPTION; TRANSFORMER SUBSTATIONS; VEGETABLE OILS;

POWER TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 77957006538     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2048343     Document Type: Article

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