Gaseous Dielectrics VII, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994

The Seventh International Symposium on Gaseous Dielectrics was held in Knoxville, Tennessee, U. S. A. , on April 24-28, 1994. The symposium continued the interdisciplinary character and comprehensive approach of the preceding six symposia. Gaseous DielecIries VII is a detailed record of the symposium proceedings. It covers recent advances and developments in a wide range of basic, applied and industrial areas of gaseous dielectrics. It is hoped that Gaseous DielecIries VII will aid future research and development in, and encourage wider industrial use of, gaseous dielectrics. The Organizing Committee of the Seventh International Symposium on Gaseous Dielectrics consisted of G. Addis (U. S. A. ), L. G. Christophorou (U. S. A. ), F. Y. Chu (Canada), A. H. Cookson (U. S. A. ), O. Farish (U. K. ), I. Gallimberti (Italy) , A. Garscadden (U. S. A. ), D. R. James (U. S. A. ), E. Marode (France), T. Nitta (Japan), W. Pfeiffer (Germany), Y. Qiu (China), I. Sauers (U. S. A. ), R. J. Van Brunt (U. S. A. ), and W. Zaengl (Switzerland). The local arrangements committee consisted of members of the Health Sciences Research Division and personnel of the Conference Office of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and staff of the University of Tennessee (UTK). The contributions of each member of these committees, the work of the Session Chairmen, the interest of the participants, and the advice of innumerable colleagues are gratefully acknowledged. I am especially indebted to Dr. Isidor Sauers, Dr. David R. James, Mrs.

Basic Physis of Gaseous Dielectrics: Annion Formation in Molecules and Cluster: Elementary Processes Induced by Slow Electrons (E. Illenberger). Basic Mechanisms/Leader Breakdown: A Macroscopicfield Model for Leader Breakdown in Nonuniform Field Gaps (N.G. Trinh). Gas Breakdown: Numerical Study of the Avalanche to Streamer Transition in N2 and Dry Air (J.T. Kennedy et al.). Partial Discharges/Diagnostics: Partial Discharge Diagnostics: A Utility Perspective (R. Bartnikas). PD Related Field Enhancement in the Bulk Medium (A. Pedersen et al.). Breakdown Characteristics under Short Time Fronts and Fast Transients: Dielectric Strength of SF6 in Nonuniform Gaps Stressed by Very Fast Transient Voltages (T. Flohr et al.). Special Applications of Gaseous Dielectrics. Pulsed Power Switching/Gas Recovery. Gas Decomposition/Plasma Chemistry. DC GIS/Charging of Solid Insulators. Developments in Gasinsulated Equipment. Reliability Testing of GIS. Corona/Surface Discharges. Discussion Panel: Real Time Control Diagnostics/Gaseous Dielectric Needs in HVDC. 70 additional articles. Index.