Characterization of ionization phenomena in soils under fast impulses

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 353-361

  Nor, N Mohamad ^a,b   Haddad, A ^a   Griffiths, H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Earth resistance; Equivalent circuit; Impulse tests; Soil ionization; Threshold electric field; Transient response

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; IMPULSE TESTING; SOILS;

EARTH RESISTANCE; POWER FREQUENCY CHARACTERIZATION; SOIL IONIZATION; THRESHOLD ELECTRIC FIELD; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

IONIZATION OF SOLIDS;

EID: 33244481734     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2005.852352     Document Type: Article

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