Study of the behavior of AC discharges of water drops on both conducting and dielectric solid surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1569-1575

  Imano, Adolphe Moukengué ^a   Beroual, Abderrahmane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b Univ Claude Bernard Lyon1   (France)

Author keywords

current discharges; drop distortion; field strength; outdoor insulation; partial discharges; Sessile drop

Indexed keywords

AC DISCHARGE; CURRENT DISCHARGE; DIELECTRIC SOLIDS; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD STRENGTHS; METAL ELECTRODES; OUTDOOR INSULATION; POINT ELECTRODES; ROD CONFIGURATIONS; SESSILE DROPS; WATER DROP; WATER SURFACE;

ELECTRODES; HYDROPHOBICITY; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

DROPS;

EID: 77957901229     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5595559     Document Type: Article

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