Significance of cellulose power transformer condition assessment

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1591-1598

  Arshad, Muhammad ^a   Islam, Syed M ^b  

^a BC HYDRO   (Canada)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; cellulose; condition assessment; diagnostics; insulation; monitoring; power transformer

Indexed keywords

AGING PROCESS; AGING PRODUCTS; COMBUSTIBLE GAS; CONDITION ASSESSMENTS; CORE AND WINDINGS; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; INSULATION DETERIORATION; INSULATION SYSTEM; LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; OVER-VOLTAGES; PAPER INSULATION; SOLID INSULATION; STEP UP TRANSFORMERS; TRANSFORMER CONDITION ASSESSMENT; TRANSFORMER LIFE; TRANSFORMER MONITORING;

CELLULOSE; DETERIORATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; INSULATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; OXYGEN; RATING; TRANSFORMER SUBSTATIONS; WINDING;

POWER TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 80054086676     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2011.6032829     Document Type: Conference Paper

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