A new static calculation of the streamer region for long spark gaps

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-19

  Arevalo, Liliana ^a   Cooray, Vernon ^a   Wu, Dong ^b   Jacobson, Bjorn ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corona inception; Discharge; Electric field; Electrical charge; Streamer

Indexed keywords

CORONA INCEPTION; DENSITY OF PARTICLES; ELECTRICAL CHARGES; ELECTROSTATIC APPROXIMATION; ELECTROSTATIC MODELS; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; GROUNDED ELECTRODES; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH VOLTAGE; LIGHTNING ATTACHMENT; LONG GAP DISCHARGE; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PARALLEL FILAMENTS; SPARK GAPS; STREAMER; TIME STEP;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SPARK GAPS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ELECTRODES;

ELECTRIC GROUNDING;

EID: 84855607145     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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