| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S62581/01 |
| Title: |
Modelling of Corona Discharge and Breakdown as Influenced by Relative Air Density: Visiting Fellowship |
| Principal Investigator: |
Cotton, Professor I |
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| Department: |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Manchester, The |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
15 January 2004 |
Ends: |
14 January 2006 |
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31,461
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Power Sys Man, Prot & Control |
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Experimental work is in progress at UMIST on the effects of reduced air density on the electrical breakdown of air; emphasis is given to work at elevated temperatures. Interpretation and projections for future work would be strengthened by provision of a Visiting Fellowship Grant for Professor M. AbdelSalam of Assiut University, Egypt. The Fellow would engage in theoretical modelling in two 2 1/2 month summer vacation visits to UMIST. Topics covered would include: (i) onset conditions for critical avalanche and streamer formation to include emphasis on temperature effects on ionisation and transport coefficients, with comparison with experimental results already obtained; (ii) predictive modelling of charge injection and volt-ampere characteristics in corona to be calculated as a function of air density, with particular reference to the expected changes in streamer/glow pre-discharges and resulting changes in sparkover voltage; (iii) conditions for leader inception will be investigated as a function of air density.
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http://www.man.ac.uk |