- Author
- National Electrical Manufacturers Association
- Title
- Report on Research on Fire Safety Test Methods and Performance Criteria for Transformers Containing PCB Replacement Fluids.
- Coporate
- National Electrical Manufacturers Assoc., Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD Department of Energy, Washington, DC
- Contract
- NB795BCA0024
- Keywords
- transformers | polychlorinated biphenyls | test methods | fire safety | fluids | performance evaluation
- Identifiers
- containing Askarel substitutes
- Abstract
- The overall purpose of this program was to develop approaches to test methods for evaluating transformers containing Askarel substitutes to establish fire safety standards and performance criteria. This report describes a test method being utilized by the Wright-Malta Corporation to simulate rupture of transformers.