Australian experience with the development, ageing and maintenance of vegetable-based insulating oils

41st International Conference on Large High Voltage Electric Systems 2006, CIGRE 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Blackburn, T ^a   Budin, K ^b   Finlay, B ^b   Islam, S ^c   McPherson, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Wilson Transformers ^*  (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dielectric fluid; Natural ester insulating oil; Transformer insulation; Vegetable based insulating oil

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; DIELECTRIC FLUID; DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; NATURAL ESTERS; PARTIAL DISCHARGE ACTIVITY; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSFORMER INSULATION;

BLENDING; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; MINERAL OILS; OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; VEGETABLE OILS;

INSULATING OIL;

EID: 84876758411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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