Experimental study of lightning rods using long sparks in air

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 638-648

  D'Alessandro, F ^a   Kossmann, C J ^a   Gaivoronsky, A S ^b   Ovsyannikov, A G ^b  

^a ERICO Inc   (United States)

^b Siberian Research Institute of Power Engineering   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Air breakdown; Critical radius; High voltage testing; Leader discharge; Lightning; Lightning rod; Long sparks; Protective area

Indexed keywords

AIR; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ELECTRODES; IONIZATION; PROBABILITY; SWITCHING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AIR BREAKDOWN; CRITICAL RADIUS; HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING; LEADER DISCHARGE; LIGHTNING RODS; LONG SPARKS; PROTECTIVE AREA;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 6344265736     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2004.1324354     Document Type: Review

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