From: Marco.Denicolai@tellabs.com
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 09:55:05 +0300
Subject: [TSSP] A naive question about discharge elongation
Hello all, After reading all the references gathered from some of you, iteratively the references of these papers, several HV books, articles, etc. I feel I know something more but I am sure there is A LOT I don't know yet. There is material about positive discharge, negative discharge, corona, always with AC or single, more or less standardized pulses. I found very few relevant data about elongation of AC discharges with freq. of the order of kHz. Nobody seems to have bridged a 3 m gap with only 600 kV (as Thor and typical TC do). I have began to think that: - AC with high freq. (kHz) can bridge longer gaps than a single positive pulse (with crest voltage = peak AC voltage) - there is no study of AC discharge as a succession of a negative and positive discharges, analysing the static charge left and explaining the elongation mechanism. What is your opinion? Did I misunderstand this phenomena here or...? Is the TC long discharge mechanism analysed, modeled and known in the literature or isn't? Any references were this is done? Best Regards ----------------------------------------- ============================================================ The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs ============================================================
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