Title :
Vacuum breakdown with microsecond delay time [interrupters]
Author :
Anders, S. ; Jüttner, B. ; Lindmayer, M. ; Rusteberg, C. ; Pursch, H. ; Unger-Weber, F.
Author_Institution :
Berlin Dept., Inst. of Plasma Phys., Germany
fDate :
8/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The delay time of voltage breakdown has been analyzed as a function of the time interval to preceding interruption of high currents. With intervals >1 ms the behavior of the gap corresponded to cold electrodes. For this case, in a separate experiment, the dependence of the delay time on various parameters has been studied. At constant voltage a steep increased with the gap distance was found. This leads to the conclusion that field emission rather than a clump process is responsible for late breakdowns
Keywords :
circuit breakers; electric breakdown; electron field emission; vacuum insulation; cold electrodes; constant voltage; field emission; gap distance; microsecond delay time; voltage breakdown; Delay effects; Dielectric breakdown; Electric breakdown; Electrodes; Electron emission; Interrupters; Physics; Plasma transport processes; Vacuum breakdown; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on
