Modeling power transformers to support the interpretation of frequency-response analysis

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2705-2717

  Mitchell, Steven D ^a   Welsh, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis; deformation; frequency; frequency response analysis (FRA); geometry; interpretation; model; power; response; sensitivity; transformer; wideband

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY-RESPONSE ANALYSIS (FRA); INTERPRETATION; POWER; RESPONSE; SENSITIVITY; TRANSFORMER; WIDE-BAND;

DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER TESTING; GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POWER TRANSFORMERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMER SUBSTATIONS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 80054083071     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2011.2164424     Document Type: Article

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