Corona discharge in the hyperbolic point-plane configuration: Direct ionization criterion versus approximate formulations

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1015-1024

  Adamiak, K ^a,d,e,f   Atrazhev, V ^b,g   Atten, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Applied Electrostatics Research Centre   (Canada)

^e The Province of Ontario   (Canada)

^f Electrostatics Society of America   (United States)

^g JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Electric corona discharge; Electric field; Ionisation criteria; Kaptzov hypothesis; Numerical simulation; Peek formula

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRODES; IONIZATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS;

ELECTRIC CORONA DISCHARGE; IONIZATION CRITERIA; KAPTZOV HYPOTHESIS; PEEK FORMULA;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 28744435286     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2005.1522195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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