A comparison of the behavior of SF6 and N2 blast arcs around current zero

IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems

Volumn PAS-99, Issue 6, 1980, Pages 2129-2137

  Tuma, D T ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS, CIRCUIT BREAKING - MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS - GASES; NITROGEN - APPLICATIONS;

GAS BLAST CIRCUIT BREAKERS; RATE OF RISE OF RECOVERY VOLTAGE;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS, AIR BLAST;

EID: 0019080538     PISSN: 00189510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPAS.1980.319791     Document Type: Article

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