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Digital Recording and Analysis of Positive Partial Discharges in Air
Published
Author(s)
Yicheng Wang, X. Han, Richard J. Van Brunt, J. C. Horwath, D. L. Schweickart
Abstract
A new Surface-mediated burst mode of partial discharges is discovered in which a partial discharge pulse has a fixed probability to induce a following pulse, forming a burst of evenly separated pulses. The probability is determined for several gap voltages and is found to vary strongly with the applied voltage.
Proceedings Title
Proc. XII International Conference on Gas Discharges and Their Applications
Wang, Y.
, Han, X.
, Van Brunt, R.
, Horwath, J.
and Schweickart, D.
(1997),
Digital Recording and Analysis of Positive Partial Discharges in Air, Proc. XII International Conference on Gas Discharges and Their Applications, Greifswald, 1, GM
(Accessed October 9, 2025)