| Abstrak / Catatan | Va». um arc technology has developed
rapio i recent years and is becoming
important in practical equipment. In this
timely volume, experts present its theory,
experimental observations, and significant
applications.
Each chapter is based on its author's
particular knowledge, with special attention
paid to their intensive research
on and development of the commercially
successful high-power vacuum
circuit interrupter at the General Electric
Research and Development Center. A
unique.combination of practical, experimental,
and theoretical expertise, VACUUM
ARCS fills a clear gap in the literature.
It covers all important aspects of
vacuum discharges, including:
• the application of discharge fundamentals
to identify the critical process
attendant to the use of vacuum interrupters
in specific-applications
• the wide variety of breakdown processes
which occur in such devices as
vacuum interrupters, vacuum tubes, xray
tubes and high-energy particle accelerators
• Arc ignition by plasma triggering, a
technique developed by Dr. Lafferty,
and ignition by parting of initially closed
contacts.
• the arc cathode, with new information
from experimental studies of the characteristics
of cathode spots
• the development of anode melting at
high current
• the highly significant and controversial
questions of the vital emission process
at the arc cathode
• the theory of high-current anode
processes, which present the most formidable
obstacle to improving highvoltage/
high-current capability of vacuum
interrupters
• commercial and experimental applications.
VACUUM ARCS: THEORY AND APPLICATION
is an important introduction
and reference for engineers in electric
power utilities, in the development of instrumentation
and switchgear, and in
plasma and electrostatics. |
