An experimental study of AC arc propagation over a contaminated surface

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1360-1368

  Li, Jian ^a   Guan, Zhicheng ^a   Wang, Liming ^a   Yang, Hailong ^a   Zhou, Jun ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

AC arc; Contaminated surface; propagation mechanism

Indexed keywords

ARC COLUMN; ARC ROOTS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; RE-IGNITION;

ELECTRIC INSULATION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

PLASMA TORCHES;

EID: 84864952834     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2012.6260012     Document Type: Article

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