On the use of monopole antennas for determining the effect of the enclosure of a power transformer tank in partial discharges electromagnetic propagation

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Albarracín, Ricardo ^a   Ardila Rey, Jorge Alfredo ^b   Mas’Ud, Abdullahi Abubakar ^c  

^a Generation and Distribution Network Area   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c JUBAIL INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Monopole antennas; Partial discharges; Power transformer tank; VHF and UHF sensors

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CONDITION MONITORING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENCLOSURES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; POWER TRANSFORMERS; RADOMES; SETTLING TANKS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ANTENNA FREQUENCY; CONDITION-BASED MAINTENANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; ONLINE MAINTENANCE; RECTANGULAR CAVITY; UHF SENSOR; ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY SENSORS;

MONOPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84955237919     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s16020148     Document Type: Article

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