Discussions on nonuniformity of energy absorption capabilities of ZnO varistors

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1523-1532

  He, Jin Liang ^a   Hu, Jun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Current concentration; Energy absorption capability; Impulse current; Nonuniformity; ZnO varistor

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENERGY ABSORPTION; HEAT TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

CURRENT CONCENTRATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION CAPABILITY; IMPULSE CURRENT; NONUNIFORMITY; ZNO VARISTOR;

VARISTORS;

EID: 51149093442     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2007.899801     Document Type: Article

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