Flashover along cylindrical insulating surfaces in a non-uniform field under positive switching impulse voltages

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 694-700

  Lazaridis, L A ^a   Mikropoulos, P N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flashover; Insulators; Rod plane gap; Surface discharges; Switching impulse voltages

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; APPLIED (CO); APPLIED VOLTAGES; BREAKDOWN (BD); BREAKDOWN PROBABILITY; DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS; INSULATING SURFACES; LONG RODS; LOWER VOLTAGES; NON-UNIFORM FIELDS; PEAK VOLTAGE; SWITCHING IMPULSE (SI);

SURFACES;

EID: 45849148086     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2008.4543106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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