Specific investigations to quantify heavy damage causes on loading resistor modules

authored by

I. Fofana, V. Wasserberg, H. Borsi, E. Gockenbach, M. Farzaneh

Abstract

In this paper, premature damage to some static inverter loading resistor modules is analyzed. Furthermore, investigations were carried out to determine the origins and causes of this serious damage occurring on the resistor modules in service. Investigations were preformed on the insulating liquid samples as well as new resistor modules. From the results obtained, it seems that the origin of the damage is from a long-standing, free-burning arc between two resistor windings, following mechanical breakdown.

Organisation(s)

High Voltage Engineering and Asset Management Section (Schering Institute)

External Organisation(s)

Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi (UQAC)

Type

Article

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volume

13

Pages

593-600

No. of pages

8

ISSN

1070-9878

Publication date

06.2006

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2006.1657973 (Access: Closed)