Dielectric surface flashover at atmospheric conditions with unipolar pulsed voltage excitation

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 774-782

  Morales, Kim ^a   Krile, John ^a   Neuber, Andreas ^a   Krompholz, Hermann ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Dielectric materials; Electrical breakdown; Humidity; Surface flashover; Ultraviolet radiation effects

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLASHOVER;

HIGH VOLTAGE PUISER; SURFACE FLASHOVER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION EFFECTS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 34547776228     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2007.4286506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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