Prebreakdown phenomena at high voltage in liquid nitrogen and comparison with mineral oil

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 899-909

  Frayssines, P E ^a   Lesaint, O ^a   Bonifaci, N ^a   Denat, A ^a   Lelaidier, S ^b   Devaux, F ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIGHT EMISSION; MINERAL OILS; STREAK CAMERAS;

PREBREAKDOWN PHENOMENA;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 0036990969     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2002.1115483     Document Type: Article

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