Numerical simulation of long laboratory sparks generated by positive switching impulses

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 67, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 228-234

  Arevalo, Liliana ^a   Cooray, Vernon ^a   Montano, Raul ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b High Voltage Valley ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discharge; Leader; Modeling; Switching

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; BREAK DOWN VOLTAGES; CONSTANT LEVELS; DETERMINISTIC CALCULATIONS; DISCHARGE; ELECTRA; ENGINEERING CRITERION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LEADER; LEADER INCEPTIONS; LONG AIR GAPS; LONG GAP DISCHARGES; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHODOLOGIES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; RESEARCH GROUPS; STATISTICAL SIMULATIONS; STATISTICAL VARIATIONS; SWITCHING IMPULSE; THEORETICAL MODELLING; TIME TO CRESTS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; IONIZATION OF GASES;

SWITCHING;

EID: 64449088096     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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