The effect of sphere size on bipolar pulsed discharges in glass-sphere/water/air columns

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-105

  Zhang, Chi ^a   Zhang, Ruobing ^a   Wang, Liming ^a   Guan, Zhicheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bipolar pulse; Discharge characteristics; Sphere size; Waterairsolid mixture

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLING; BIPOLAR PULSE; COAXIAL ELECTRODES; DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; GLASS SPHERES; INJECTED POWER; LOAD VOLTAGES; PEAK VOLTAGE; PHASE MIXTURE; PULSED DISCHARGE; RISETIMES; SPHERE DIAMETER;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GLASS; MIXTURES;

SPHERES;

EID: 76949093860     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2037962     Document Type: Article

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