• DocumentCode
    3469116
  • Title

    A voltage scale for electro-thermal runaway

  • Author

    Lau, Y.Y. ; Chernin, D. ; Peng Zhang ; Gilgenbach, Ronald M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Nucl. Eng. & Radiol. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    16-21 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A voltage scale, Vs that characterizes electro-thermal runaway, is deduced from the heat conduction equation, Vs = √k/σ´0, where k-is the thermal conductivity and σ´0 is the rate of change of the electrical conductivity with respect to temperature. Vs depends only on material properties and is independent of geometry and the operating voltage. Vs measures the intrinsic tolerance of the material to electro-thermal instability. Numerical values of Vs are consistent with the well-known properties of several common materials.
  • Keywords
    electrical conductivity; heat conduction; thermal conductivity; electrical conductivity; electro-thermal runaway; heat conduction equation; material properties; thermal conductivity; voltage scale; Conductivity; Contacts; Equations; Geometry; Heating; Materials; Plasma temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pulsed Power Conference (PPC), 2013 19th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    2158-4915
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PPC.2013.6627601
  • Filename
    6627601
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3469116