Projects
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| Reference Number | GR/S62581/01 | |
| Title | Modelling of Corona Discharge and Breakdown as Influenced by Relative Air Density: Visiting Fellowship | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Prof I (Ian ) Cotton No email address given Electrical & Electronic Engineering University of Manchester |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 15 January 2004 | |
| End Date | 14 January 2006 | |
| Duration | 24 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £31,461 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | North West | |
| Programme | Process Environment and Sustainability | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Prof I (Ian ) Cotton , Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester (99.999%) |
| Other Investigator | Dr N Allen , Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester (0.001%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | 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 | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
