Finite-element analysis of corona discharge onset in air with artificial diffusion scheme and under Fowler-Nordheim electron emission

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1453-1456

  Lee, Se Hee ^a   Lee, Se Yeon ^b   Chung, Young Ki ^c   Park, Il Han ^b  

^a Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Uijae Electrical Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial diffusion; Corona discharge; Fowler nordheim field emission; Hydrodynamic diffusion drift model; Space charge propagation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTIFICIAL DIFFUSION; CORONA DISCHARGE; FOWLER-NORDHEIM FIELD EMISSION; HYDRODYNAMIC DIFFUSION-DRIFT MODEL; SPACE CHARGE PROPAGATION;

FIELD EMISSION;

EID: 33947690742     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.892469     Document Type: Article

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