For ultra-high-voltage (UHV) systems together with high-voltage facilities, more rationalized insulation coordination and equipment design are required. To this end, making large-scale long-term field lightning-strike observations, large amount of practical experiments, introducing new analysis techniques have enabled the development advanced technologies capable transforming conventional techn...

This paper presents a projective reconstruction method of electrical impedance distribution using two boundary measurements of current-voltage data. The proposed method has a major advantage over existing electrical impedance tomography systems: relatively high resolution impedance image in a near-surface region underneath the voltage-sensing probe that is placed on a skin surface. We attach tw...

Voltage fluctuation is one of the important types of power quality aspects originated from heavy fluctuating loads. This phenomenon can influence the behavior of induction motors, produce excessive vibration and increase the ohmic losses. In this paper a simplified model to evaluate the electrical characteristics of three phase induction motors under voltage fluctuation conditions will be prese...

In modern electric vehicles, electrical failure has become a critical problem that reduces the lifetime of traction motors. Moreover, motors with high-voltage and high-speed systems for high power density have been aggravating shaft voltage problems. This study identifies direct-oil-cooling exacerbate this problem. To address this, an analytical method calculating parasitic capacitance is propo...

Intracochlear electric fields arising out of sound-induced receptor currents, silent currents, or electrical current injected into the cochlea induce transmembrane potential along the outer hair cell (OHC) but its distribution along the cells is unknown. In this study, we investigated the distribution of OHC transmembrane potential induced along the cell perimeter and its sensitivity to the dir...

The current vs. voltage and electrical breakdown behavior for devices with micron and sub-micron gaps between conductors is studied. The limitations of the well-known but often-misinterpreted Paschen curve are discussed. The little-known modified Paschen curve, that includes field emission effects so important in understanding breakdown behavior for devices with sub-micron gaps, is described. C...

Electrical characteristics of GaAs metal–oxide–semiconductor field effect transistor with atomic layer deposition deposited Al2O3 gate dielectric have been investigated. The IV characteristics were studied after various constant voltage stress (CVS) has been applied. A power law dependence of the gate leakage current (Ig) on the gate voltage (Vg) was found to fit the CVS data of the low positiv...

The electrical and spectral characteristics of a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) are experimentally investigated in a sealed off coaxial cylinder filled with nitrogen at a pressure of 10 mbar. The discharge is a transient diffused glow at low frequency alternating voltage (60 Hz) and changes to a filamentary mode at high frequency alternating voltage (35 kHz). In case of pulsed voltage, the ...

This paper looks at the evolution and measure of success of different harmonic treatments applied in commercial buildings. Typical levels of voltage distortion are described in light of extensive harmonic data collection at North American sites over several years at hundreds of electrical panels and transformers. The field data shows that contrary to the popular belief, doubling the neutral and...