@Research Paper <#LINE#>AC Breakdown behavior at Sub-millimeter Air Gaps<#LINE#>PranavKumar@Singh,Somes@hKumar,Saurabh@Sinha<#LINE#>1-8<#LINE#>1. ISCA-RJEngS-2013-139.pdf<#LINE#> BMS Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, Karnataka, INDIA<#LINE#>4/6/2013<#LINE#>15/12/2013<#LINE#>Breakdown of air gaps of few millimeters have been studied under AC voltage, 50 Hz by using different electrode configurations. Different electrode configuration (using commercially available thin razor blades, needle- plane, 2 hemispheres) have been studied in the gap regimes of 100 μm to 1 mm. The present work aims at verifying the values of breakdown voltages for 1mm gap for blade electrode. Efforts will be made to reduce the gap as accurately as possible and study the breakdown behavior. 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