Partial discharge measurements in air and argon at low pressures with and without a dielectric barrier

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 362-373

  Kasten, Donald G ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Sebo, Stephen A ^a   Grosjean, Dennis F ^b   Schweickart, Daniel L ^c  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental setup; Inception voltage; Partial discharge current pulse waveform; Partial discharges; Rise time

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; INCEPTION VOLTAGE; PARTIAL DISCHARGE CURRENT PULSE WAVEFORM; RISE TIME;

PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

EID: 20744459758     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2005.1430404     Document Type: Article

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