Electrode vapour effects in high current gas blast switchgear arcs

IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1976, Pages 1-13

  Airey, D R ^a   Kinsinger, R E ^b   Richards, P H ^a   Swift, J D ^c  

^a Central Electricity Research Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS - SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ELECTRIC ARCS, CIRCUIT BREAKING;

EID: 0016870047     PISSN: 00189510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-PAS.1976.32072     Document Type: Article

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