Aging evaluation of silicone rubber insulators using leakage current and flashover voltage analysis

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 212-220

  Ahmadi Joneidi, Iman ^a   Majzoobi, Alireza ^a   Shayegani Akmal, Amir ^a   Mohseni, Hossein ^a   Jadidian, Jouya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrophobicity; scanning electronmicroscope; Silicone Rubber Insulator; thermogravimetric analysis; ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

DRY BAND ARCING; ELECTRIC STRESS; FIFTH HARMONICS; FLASHOVER VOLTAGE; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; INSULATOR SURFACES; MOIST ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTED INSULATORS; POLLUTION DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SILICONE RUBBER; SILICONE RUBBER INSULATORS; SIR INSULATOR; SOLID LAYERS; ULTRAVIOLET; UV EXPOSURE; WAVE FORMS;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FLASHOVER; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICONES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 84873650409     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2013.6451360     Document Type: Article

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