Impulse Breakdown of Liquids

• Main Author: Ushakov, Vasily Y. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Power Systems,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy.; Electric power production.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Energy Technology.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Energy, general.

The book describes the main physical processes and phenomena in pulsed electric breakdown. The knowledge and the control of the electric breakdown of liquids is important not only for the insulation inside power systems but it is also used for the creation and information of high voltage and high cu...

Table of Contents:

• Behavior of Liquids in Strong Electric Fields
• Behaviour of the Gas Phase in Liquids in Strong Electric Fields
• Discharge Propagation in Short Gaps with a Quasiuniform Field
• Discharge Propagation in Gaps with a Non-Uniform Field
• Statistical Investigations of the Electrical Breakdown
• Basic Laws Describing of the Impulse Electric Strength of Liquids
• Physical Discharge Initiation (Ignition) Mechanisms
• Mechanisms of Discharge Propagation and their Applicability Limits.