Investigation into alternative solutions for HVDC station post insulators

POWERCON 1998 - 1998 International Conference on Power System Technology, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 512-515

  Wu, Dong ^a   Astrom, U ^b   Almgren, B ^b   Soderholm, S ^b  

^a Swedish Transmission Research Inst   (Sweden)

^b ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Booster sheds; Extemal insulation; Flashovers; HVDC System; Insulator coatings; Semiconducting glaze; Shed profiles; Station insulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATION; FLASHOVER; GLAZES; INSULATOR CONTAMINATION; SILICONE COATINGS; SILICONES;

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS; HVDC SYSTEMS; INSULATOR COATINGS; INSULATOR LENGTH; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; OUTDOOR INSULATION; SEMICONDUCTING GLAZE; SHED PROFILES;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84908057684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPST.1998.729016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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