CAIRNS: Behaviour of electrical equipment and components in tropical environment

• Stresses characteristic of tropical environments
• Insulation aspects
• Thermal and structural aspects
• Operation and maintenance
• Part of the CIGRE initiatives for scientific and technical exchanges undertaken so far in a number of countries 
• Reflects the CIGRE endeavours to ever better respond to the needs of developing social-economical systems

STRESSES CHARACTERISTIC OF TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT

• 100-01 - Estimation of lightning performance of a 500kV transmission line in Thailand
• 100-02 - Lightning performance of transmission lines in Malaysia
• 100-03 - A case study on the lightning performance of a North Queensland transmission line
• 100-04 - Powerlines in Midwestern Grassland plains of tropical North Queensland, the old and the new
• 100-05 - Fires in mediterranean area and high voltage…