Weibull statistical analysis of pulsed breakdown voltages in high-pressure carbon dioxide including supercritical phase

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1729-1735

  Kiyan, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ihara, Takeshi ^a   Kameda, Suguru ^a   Furusato, Tomohiro ^a   Hara, Masanori ^a   Akiyama, Hidenori ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Area effect; carbon dioxide; pulsed discharge; shape parameter; supercritical fluids (SCFs); Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

AREA EFFECT; CHEMICAL PROCESSING; DIELECTRIC RELIABILITY; DIRECT ANALYSIS; EFFECTIVE CONSTANTS; ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN; ELECTRODE SYSTEMS; HIGH-PRESSURE CARBON DIOXIDE; PLASMA REACTORS; PRESSURIZED CARBON DIOXIDE; PULSED BREAKDOWN; PULSED DISCHARGE; PULSED DISCHARGE PLASMAS; SHAPE PARAMETER; SUPERCRITICAL PHASE; WEIBULL; WEIBULL SHAPE; WEIBULL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SPHERES; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80051788644     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2011.2159135     Document Type: Article

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