DocumentCode
2863183
Title
Explosion testing-an alternative synthetic test [for substation switchgear]
Author
Colwell, Sarah ; Hoare, David
Author_Institution
Fire Res Station, Building Res. Establ., Watford, UK
fYear
1997
fDate
35534
Firstpage
42614
Lastpage
42616
Abstract
The Building Research Establishment, Fire Research Station (BRE/FRS) was asked to assess the loading and flame characteristics resulting from a high voltage discharge (HVD) generated by the catastrophic failure of electrical switchgear inside a substation enclosure. A series of HVD tests were completed at the Falcon Test Station, Loughborough, UK, using various substation housings under the most severe electrical fault conditions anticipated by the project sponsoring Regional Electricity Companies
Keywords
substations; Building Research Establishment; Fire Research Station; Regional Electricity Companies; UK; catastrophic failure; explosion testing; flame characteristics; high voltage discharge; loading characteristics; severe electrical faults; substation housings; substation switchgear;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Risk Reduction: Internal Faults in T&D Switchgear (Digest No.: 1997/295), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
Nottingham
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:19970981
Filename
640510
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