Gas Discharge and Gas Insulation

• Main Author: Xiao, Dengming (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Energy and Environment Research in China, 6
• Subjects: Engineering.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Physics.; Power electronics.; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.; Plasma Physics.; Applied and Technical Physics.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of research on environmentally friendly insulating gases, in response to the urgent calls for developing alternatives to SF6 due to the increasing awareness of the threat it poses as a greenhouse gas. It covers gas dielectrics, SF6 and its mixtures, and po...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Fundamentals of Gas Discharge
• Fundamental Theory of Townsend Discharge
• Fundamental Theory of Streamer and Leader discharge
• Theoretical Analysis Methods for Simulating Gas Discharge
• Insulation Strength of Atmosphere air
• Insulation Characteristics of Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)
• Insulation Characteristics of SF6 Gas Mixtures
• Insulation Characteristics of Potential Alternatives to Pure SF6
• Development Prospect of Gas Insulation.