Investigating the impact of harmonics on the breakdown of epoxy resin through electrical tree growth

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1576-1584

  Bahadoorsingh, S ^a   Rowland, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dielectric breakdown; Electrical treeing; epoxy resin insulation; harmonics; power quality; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWNS; ELECTRICAL TREEING; EPOXY RESIN INSULATION; HARMONICS; WEIBULL;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; EPOXY RESINS; RESINS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957922095     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5595560     Document Type: Article

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