Title :
Inclined-plane tracking and erosion test according to the IEC 60587 Standard
Author :
Krivda, Andrej ; Schmidt, Lars E. ; Kornmann, Xavier ; Ghorbani, Hossein ; Ghorbandaeipour, Ali ; Eriksson, Maria ; Hillborg, Henrik
Author_Institution :
Corp. Res. Baden-Daettwil, ABB Switzerland Ltd., Switzerland
Abstract :
The present IEC 60587 IEC standard needs several improvements which would help manufacturers of power equipment and material suppliers to assess outdoor polymeric materials in a more reliable way.
Keywords :
IEC standards; erosion; leakage currents; materials testing; polymers; IEC 60587 standard; dry band arcing; erosion test; inclined-plane tracking; leakage currents; outdoor polymeric insulation; outdoor polymeric materials; power equipment; Electrodes; IEC standards; Insulation life; Manufacturing; Polymers; Rough surfaces; Scanning electron microscopy; Sheet materials; Surface roughness; Testing; dry band arcing; leakage currents; outdoor polymeric insulation; tracking and erosion;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Insulation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MEI.2009.5313706
