Experimental study on PTFE ablation in high voltage circuit-breakers

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 5016-5024

  Seeger, M ^a   Tepper, J ^a   Christen, T ^a   Abrahamson, J ^a  

^a ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NOZZLES;

POLY-TETRA-FLURO-ETHYLENE (PTFE) NOZZLES; PTFE ABLATION; VOLTAGE CIRCUIT-BREAKERS;

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

EID: 33846883990     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/23/018     Document Type: Article

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