Effect of humidity on the breakdown characteristics of air in non-uniform fields at 30 kHz

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Rodriguez, D ^a   Gorur, R S ^a   Hansen, P M ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute humidity; Air; Antenna; Corona; Electric breakdown; High voltage; Humidity; Partial discharge; Radio frequency; Relative humidity; Very Low Frequency; VLF

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; HIGH VOLTAGE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CORONA; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MOISTURE; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; RADIO; RADIO WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 77249179758     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5412001     Document Type: Article

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