Atypical Normal Potential Gradient Arcing on Solar Arrays

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 698-711
Author(s):  
Dale C. Ferguson ◽  
Ryan C. Hoffmann ◽  
Elena A. Plis ◽  
Daniel P. Engelhart
Keyword(s):  
Potential Gradient ◽  
Solar Arrays ◽  
Normal Potential

scholarly journals Discharge Propagation in Normal Potential Gradient on Spacecraft

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (ists29) ◽  
pp. Pr_35-Pr_39
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro TOYODA ◽  
Ryota NODA ◽  
Mengu CHO
Keyword(s):  
Potential Gradient ◽  
Discharge Propagation ◽  
Normal Potential

scholarly journals On the electricity of rain and snow

1910 ◽  
Vol 83 (564) ◽  
pp. 394-404 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rainy Season ◽  
Potential Gradient ◽  
Rain Gauge ◽  
Fine Weather ◽  
Electrical Capacity ◽  
Suitable Site ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Normal Potential ◽  
Made In

In connection with a theory of the electricity of thunderstorms published in the ‘Philosophical Transactions,’ measurements of the charges of rain were made in 1908, and it appeared advisable that these should be continued for a second year. 1. The removal of the Simla Meteorological Office near the end of 1908 offered a suitable site, and the hut containing the apparatus was accordingly dismantled and set up afresh in the grounds of the new building. In all essentials the arrangement of the instruments remained as described in the previous paper, but it was found after the removal and readjustment of the instruments that the electrical capacity of the rain receiver had changed from 141 cm. to 150 cm. The rain gauge was also readjusted so that each tip of the bucket now corresponded to 0·11 mm. of rain instead of 0·14, as before the alteration. The apparatus for recording the potential gradient was modified so that it could be used during fine weather for registering the normal potential gradient. This was effected by fixing a more powerful radium collector to the insulated rod passing out into the open. The new site was found to be much less frequented by spiders than the old, so that practically no difficulty was experienced from discharging of the apparatus by their webs. All the instruments worked satisfactorily throughout the rainy season and only a very few periods of rain were not successfully investigated.

scholarly journals III. Atmospheric electricity in high latitudes

1906 ◽  
Vol 205 (387-401) ◽  
pp. 61-97 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Atmospheric Electricity ◽  
Meteorological Condition ◽  
Potential Gradient ◽  
High Latitudes ◽  
Lower Region ◽  
Atmospheric Air ◽  
Lord Kelvin ◽  
Second Period ◽  
Normal Potential

Investigation into the problems of atmospheric electricity may be divided into two periods. The first period was devoted almost entirely to measurements of the normal potential gradient in the lower region of the earth’s atmosphere, with the aim of finding its daily and yearly variations, its geographical distribution and its dependence on meteorological condition. To this period belongs the fine work of Lord Kelvin and Professor Exner. The second period commenced in 1899, when the interest in the problems of atmospheric electricity was at rather a low ebb, owing to the small real progress made during the latter few years. In that year the discovery that atmospheric air is always more or less ionized—made at about the same time by Elster and Geitel in Germany and C. T. R. Wilson in England—had a completely revolutionizing influence on the theories held to account for the earth’s normal field. This discovery has brought about a great revival of interest and opened a totally new field for investigation.

Potential and potential-gradient distributions for standard and practical electrode systems

1971 ◽  
Vol 118 (5) ◽  
pp. 720 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Mattingley ◽  
Hugh M. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Potential Gradient ◽  
Electrode Systems

High-altitude spacecraft power losses of solar arrays as a result of interaction with environment

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
V.A. Shuvalov ◽  
◽  
G.S. Kochubey ◽  
A.I. Priymak ◽  
N.I. Pismenniy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Power Losses ◽  
Solar Arrays

Nonlinear in-plane and out-of-plane vibrations in solar arrays

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. ZAK
Keyword(s):  
Solar Arrays ◽  
Out Of Plane

Arc mitigation on high voltage solar arrays

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
RENEE MONG ◽  
DANIEL HASTINGS
Keyword(s):  
High Voltage ◽  
Solar Arrays

PASP Plus measurements of space plasma and radiation interactions on solar arrays

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Guidice ◽  
K. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Space Plasma ◽  
Solar Arrays
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