Breakdown voltage of electrode arrangements in vacuum circuit breakers

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 557-562

  Schümann, Ulf ^a   Giere, Stefan ^a   Kurrat, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area effect; Dielectric strength; Surface condition; Tube design

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRODES; FINISHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

DIELECTRIC STRENGTH; ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENTS; VACUUM CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0141953894     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2003.1219637     Document Type: Article

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