Dielectric Surface Effects on Transient Arcs in Lightning Arrester Devices

Abstract

Continuum calculations are used to understand the avalanche growth of electrical current in a composite insulator consisting of an air gap and a solid dielectric. The results show that trapped charge can quench the electrical breakdown. The results are compared with phenomena found in dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) devices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA607270

Entities

People

  • A. C. Pineda
  • H. P. Hjalmarson
  • M. F. Pasik
  • R. E. Jorgenson

Organizations

  • Sandia National Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Gaps
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Charge Density
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Composite Materials
  • Dielectrics
  • Electric Fields
  • Electricity
  • Electrodes
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Equations
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Lightning
  • Lightning Arresters
  • Materials

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics