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The Calculation of Leader Propagation in Point/Plane Gaps Under Very Fart Transient Stress

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Gaseous Dielectrics VI

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The discharge development in SF6 in case of strong inhomogeneous fields under Very Fast Transient (VFT) stress was investigated. In addition to voltage and current signals the light emission and visual appearance of the breakdown was recorded by means of different photomultipliers and an image converter camera with a digital image processing system. Based on these data and with consideration to existing models a description for the VFT breakdown mechanism was found. A program was developed which allows the calculation of leader propagation from inception to the final breakdown. The main steps of the program are described. Computed and measured data are compared for different experimental conditions.

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  1. High Voltage Institute, Technical University Munich, Germany

    Heinrich Hiesinger

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  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

    Loucas G. Christophorou  & Isidor Sauers  & 

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Hiesinger, H. (1991). The Calculation of Leader Propagation in Point/Plane Gaps Under Very Fart Transient Stress. In: Christophorou, L.G., Sauers, I. (eds) Gaseous Dielectrics VI. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3706-9_16

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