Negative corona in air using a point/cup electrode system

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 752-757

  Li, Er Ning ^a   MacAlpine, J M K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS;

CONCAVE HEMISPHERICAL ELECTRODE; HEMISPHERICAL TIPPED POINT; NEGATIVE CORONA; POINT CUP ELECTRODE SYSTEM;

GROUNDING ELECTRODES;

EID: 0034479953     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.891985     Document Type: Article

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