The Booster Shed: Prevention of Flashover of Polluted Substation Insulators in Heavy Wetting
- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems
- Vol. PAS-97 (6) , 2187-2197
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tpas.1978.354722
Abstract
Flashovers have occurred in Europe on quite lightly polluted insulators, both under heavy rain and during the operation of live-washing systems. To avoid such flashovers a new device, the booster shed, has been developed.Keywords
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