Advancing new techniques for UHF PDdetection and localization in the power transformers in the factory tests

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 448-455

  Mirzaei, H ^a   Akbari, A ^a,b   Gockenbach, E ^b   Miralikhani, K ^c  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Iran Transfo Corporation   (Iran)

Author keywords

Partial discharge; power transformer; UHF antenna; ultra high frequency

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER TESTING; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; DEFECT LOCALIZATIONS; DETECTION METHODS; INSTALLATION POSITION; LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; PARTIAL DISCHARGE DETECTION; UHF ANTENNAS; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY;

POWER TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 84923082633     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2014.004249     Document Type: Article

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