Title :
The positive streamer as the link between breakdown processes in gases and liquids
Author_Institution :
Salford Univ., UK
Abstract :
The author discusses electric breakdown in gases at high pressure and that in liquid dielectrics. He goes on to describe positive streamer propagation in liquids and the effects of streamer branching. Experiments relating tip velocity to streamer growth are analysed and the significance of streamer branching is made clear. Finally, a mechanism for the tip charge increase is proposed
Keywords :
discharges (electric); electric breakdown of gases; electric breakdown of liquids; electric breakdown; high pressure gases; liquid dielectrics; positive streamer; streamer branching; streamer growth; tip charge increase; tip velocity;
Conference_Titel :
Dielectric Materials, Measurements and Applications, 1988., Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Canterbury
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-359-9
