Comparison of positive leader propagation in rod-plane and inverted rod-plane gaps

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-28

  He, Hengxin ^a   He, Junjia ^a   Chen, Weijiang ^b   Xie, Shijun ^a   Xiang, Nianwen ^b   Chen, Jiahong ^b   Gu, Shanqiang ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Critical corona radius; inverted rod plane gap; leader inception voltage; positive leader; rod plane gap

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CORONA RADIUS; HIGH-SPEED CCD; JUMP LENGTH; LEADER INCEPTION; POSITIVE LEADER; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROPAGATION PROCESS; ROD-PLANE GAP; SWITCHING IMPULSE;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS;

CCD CAMERAS;

EID: 84855645002     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2011.2172002     Document Type: Article

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