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Impulse Voltage Breakdown Characteristics of Point-Plane Gaps at Low Pressures

Nandagopal, MR (1976) Impulse Voltage Breakdown Characteristics of Point-Plane Gaps at Low Pressures. In: IEEE Transactions On Electrical Insulation, 11 (3). pp. 69-72.

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Abstract

Practical applications of vacuum as an insulator necessitated determining the low-pressure breakdown characteristics of long gap lengths of a point-plane electrode system. The breakdown voltage has been found to vary as the square root of the gap length. Further, with the point electrode as the anode, the values of the breakdown voltages obtained have been found to be larger than those obtained with a plane-parallel electrode system at a corresponding gap length. By applying the theory of the anode heating mechanism as the cause for breakdown, the results have been justified, and by utilizing a field efficiency factor which is the ratio of the average to maximum field, an empirical criterion has been developed. This criterion helps in calculating the breakdown voltage of a nonuniform gap system by the knowledge of the breakdown voltage of a plane-parallel electrode system.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: IEEE Transactions On Electrical Insulation
Publisher: IEEE
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Department/Centre: Division of Electrical Sciences > High Voltage Engineering (merged with EE)
Date Deposited: 09 Dec 2009 12:32
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2010 05:49
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/24202

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