Influence of surface charges on impulse flashover characteristics of alumina dielectrics in vacuum

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1710-1716

  Kato, Katsumi ^a   Kato, Hidenori ^a   Ishida, Tsugunari ^a   Okubo, Hitoshi ^a   Tsuchiya, Kenji ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alumina insulator; Electric field; Secondary electron emission avalanche; Surface charge; Surface flashover; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA DIELECTRIC; CATHODE ELECTRODES; DISCHARGE PATH; IMPULSE FLASHOVER; IN-VACUUM; NEGATIVE CHARGE; POSITIVE CHARGES; SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSION AVALANCHE; SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSIONS; SURFACE FLASHOVER; VACUUM CIRCUIT BREAKER;

ALUMINA; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; SECONDARY EMISSION; SURFACE CHARGE; VACUUM; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

FLASHOVER;

EID: 73649092123     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2009.5361594     Document Type: Conference Paper

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