Development of a Moisture-In-Solid-Insulation sensor for power transformers

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 3610-3624

  García, Belén ^a   García, Diego ^b   Robles, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Sch of Electronics and Elec Eng   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Dielectric response; FDS; Moisture; Moisture monitoring; Moisture sensor; Power transformer; Solid insulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; INSULATION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OIL SHALE; PAPER; POWER TRANSFORMERS;

DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; FDS; MOISTURE MONITORING; MOISTURE SENSORS; SOLID INSULATION;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

INSULATION; MOISTURE; SENSORS; TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 84925872661     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150203610     Document Type: Article

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