Title :
Self-luminous, pre-breakdown phenomena in liquid hexane
Author :
Alexeff, Igor ; Wintenberg, A.L. ; Pittman, D.N. ; Pace, M.O. ; Dyer, F.F. ; Rader, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
The growth and structure of prebreakdown streamers extending from a negative DC-biased steel needle having a round tip of 3 μm radius were recorded with an intensifier-equipped video camera and video-cassette recorder. The structure as observed in its self-luminous light is quite similar in size and shape to those observed in previous experiments using transmitted light. The results are interpreted in terms of a theoretical study of electrostatically inflated bubbles in the fluid
Keywords :
bubbles; dielectric properties of liquids and solutions; discharges (electric); electric breakdown of liquids; organic compounds; organic insulating materials; DC-biased steel needle; electrostatically inflated bubbles; growth; liquid hexane; prebreakdown streamers; self-luminous light; structure; video camera; Cameras; Focusing; Monitoring; Needles; Optical recording; Photomultipliers; Shafts; Steel; Streaming media; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 1988. Annual Report., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
DOI :
10.1109/CEIDP.1988.26355
