Influence of composite insulator shed design on contamination flashover performance at high altitudes

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 739-744

  Zhang, Fuzeng ^a   Wang, Liming ^b   Guan, Zhicheng ^b   MacAlpine, Mark ^b  

^a ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite insulators; contamination; flashover; shed design

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE INSULATORS; CONTAMINATION FLASHOVER; DC TRANSMISSION; DC-FLASHOVER VOLTAGE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FLASHOVER VOLTAGE; HIGH ALTITUDE; INSULATION DISTANCES; SHED DESIGN;

CONTAMINATION; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DESIGN; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRIC LINES; INSULATING MATERIALS;

FLASHOVER;

EID: 79959941929     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2011.5931060     Document Type: Article

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