Determining the incendivity of electrostatic discharges without explosive gas mixtures

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1467-1475

  von Pidoll, Ulrich ^a   Brzostek, Edward ^a,b   Froechtenigt, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b ZelmEx   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brush discharges; Current curve; Electrostatic hazards; Ignitability; Minimum ignition energy; Spark discharges; Spray gun; Transferred charge

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; HAZARDS;

BRUSH DISCHARGES; CURRENT CURVE; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROSTATIC HAZARDS; INGINABILITY; MINIMUM IGNITION ENERGY; TRANSFERRED CHARGE;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 10244240517     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2004.836303     Document Type: Article

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