Failure modes and energy absorption capability of ZnO varistors

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 152-160

  Bartkowiak, M ^a,b   Comber, M G ^c   Mahan, G D ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Hubbell Power Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Current pulses; Electrical nonuniformity; Energy absorption capability; Failure modes; Metal oxide surge arresters; Thermal stability; Time to failure; Varistors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SURGES; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HEAT TRANSFER; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL STRESS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRICAL NONUNIFORMITY;

VARISTORS;

EID: 0032715907     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.736708     Document Type: Article

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