Assignment Quiz 1

EEE 465: High Voltage Engineering

Section 1
Fall 2021 semester
Date uploaded: 5/11/2021
Date Due: 6/11/2021 (By 10:00 pm).
Full Marks: 10
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1 (a) What are the processes on which the secondary ionization constant  depends upon? If you
want to lower the value of , what are the different ways to achieve it? [5]

1 (b) For a point-plane gaseous dielectric system, suppose values of  = 2.08 / cm and  = 0.0038.
𝐼
𝑑(𝑙𝑛( ))
𝐼𝑜
Find the value of for d = 1.88 cm considering the overall curve. Express this slope in
𝑑𝑑
terms of . What is the percentage of increase of this slope from  ? [5]