Re: Spark-gap sparks vs. solid-state sparks

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Original poster: "R.E.Burnett by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <R.E.Burnett-at-newcastle.ac.uk>


Hi Bert,

You said that these transfers occur over nanosecond time frames.  Is this
behaviour the source of the RF that partial discharge detectors listen
for ???
							-Richie,

> Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>
> 
> There's some evidence (again via Bazelyan) that corona and streamer flashes
> represent mostly a capacitive load to the HV electrode, and that current
> may not only be "injected" into the surrounding region when the topload is
> positive, it may also be "extracted" from the surrounding space charge when
> the topload polarity reverses, returning some of the surrounding space
> charge back to the topload. If this is primarily a "reactive" transfer, the
> impact on Q would be minimal, while still impacting Fo of the secondary...
> 
> -- Bert --