Voltage escalation in vacuum switching operations

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 1698-1706

  Glinkowski, Mietek ^a   Greenwood, Allan ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS--TESTING; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ENERGY STORAGE;

HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENTS; INDUCTIVE ENERGY STORAGE; REPEATED REIGNITIONS; SIMULATED TESTS; VACUUM SWITCHING DEVICES;

ELECTRIC MOTORS, AC;

EID: 0024087676     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: 19374208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.193974     Document Type: Article

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