Title :
Breakdown of pre-stressed air gaps: a review
Author :
Allen, N.L. ; Huang, C.F. ; Wang, L.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Univ. of Manchester Inst. of Sci. & Technol., UK
Abstract :
Past and more recent work is described on the effects upon impulse breakdown of pre-stressing air gaps with direct and alternating voltages. The effects of corona, due to pre-stressing, upon the prebreakdown processes under impulse are discussed
Keywords :
air gaps; alternating voltages; corona effects; direct voltages; impulse breakdown; pre-stressed air gaps breakdown; prebreakdown processes; slow-front composite voltages; sparkover;
Conference_Titel :
High Voltage Engineering, 1999. Eleventh International Symposium on (Conf. Publ. No. 467)
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-719-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19990695
