Chapter X insulating liquids

With the exception of references (2) and (32) on the use of synthetic insulating liquids, this digest is concerned with mineral insulating oils. In that group, references originating in France are unusually comprehensive in the fields of action covered, and in the thoroughness of coverage. For example, the October 1954 issue of Bulletin de la Société Francaise des Electriciens contains four papers on tests and uses of transformer oils, as well as two papers dealing with oil deterioration and regeneration in Pirelli type oil-filled cables. The CIGRE (Conference Internationale des Grands Reseaux Electriques a Haute Tension) Meeting in Paris in the early summer of 1954 yielded seven references on insulating oils and their applications. The CIGRE papers are assembled eventually in the bound Proceedings of the 1954 meeting.