Detection and monitoring of leakage currents in power transmission insulators

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1338-1346

  Werneck, Marcelo Martins ^a   Dos Santos, Daniel Moreira ^a   De Carvalho, Cesar Cosenza ^a   De Nazaré, Fábio Vieira Batista ^a   Da Silva Barros Allil, Regina Célia ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Brazilian Army Technological Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Current; distribution; leakage; monitoring; optical; sensor; transmission lines

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC LINES; EMERGENCY TRAFFIC CONTROL; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MONITORING; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; SENSORS;

DISTRIBUTION; GENERAL PACKET RADIO SERVICE; HIGH-VOLTAGE INSULATORS; LEAKAGE CURRENT MONITORING; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OPTICAL; OPTO-ELECTRONIC SENSORS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE VALUES;

LEAKAGE CURRENTS;

EID: 84919784838     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2361788     Document Type: Article

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