FRA interpretation using numerical indices: State-of-the-art

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 89, Issue , 2017, Pages 115-125

  Samimi, Mohammad Hamed ^a   Tenbohlen, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fault diagnosis; Frequency response; Numerical indices; Power transformer testing; Transformer diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER TESTING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULT DETECTION; POWER TRANSFORMERS; STANDARDIZATION; SURVEYS;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; EXACT CALCULATIONS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSES (FRA); MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; NUMERICAL INDEX; POWER TRANSFORMER TESTING; STANDARDIZATION PROCESS; TRANSFORMER DIAGNOSTICS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 85012117827     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2017.01.014     Document Type: Review

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