Reliability assessment of insulation system for dry type transformers

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1998-2008

  Wen, Minmin ^a   Song, Jiancheng ^a   Song, Yuan ^a   Liu, Yuan ^a   Li, Chuanyang ^a   Wang, Peng ^a  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Degree of polymerization; Dry type transformer insulation; Partial discharge; Photomicrograph; Reliability assessment

Indexed keywords

PARTIAL DISCHARGES; POLYMERIZATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESSES; TESTING; THERMAL INSULATION;

ACCELERATED AGING TEST; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; DRY-TYPE TRANSFORMER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INSULATION CONDITIONS; PHOTOMICROGRAPH; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; TURN-TO-TURN INSULATIONS;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER TESTING;

EID: 84898424580     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2013.6678847     Document Type: Article

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