Field and laboratory tests of insulator flashovers under conditions of light ice accumulation and contamination

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1681-1689

  Su, Huafeng ^a   Jia, Zhidong ^a   Sun, Zhenting ^a   Guan, Zhicheng ^a   Li, Licheng ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

composite insulators; icing flashover; Light ice accumulation; pre contamination; secondary contamination; wetcontamination deposition

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE INSULATORS; CONTAMINATION FLASHOVER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EQUIVALENT SALT DEPOSIT DENSITY; FIELD AND LABORATORY TEST; FIELD RESEARCH; FLASHOVER VOLTAGE; ICE ACCUMULATION; ICE SURFACES; ICED INSULATORS; INSULATOR FLASHOVER; PRE-CONTAMINATION; TEST METHOD;

ACCIDENTS; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; INSULATING MATERIALS; SALT DEPOSITS;

FLASHOVER;

EID: 84867048568     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2012.6311516     Document Type: Article

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