The Specifics of PTC Thermistor Applications for Limiting Surge Currents by Evgeniy Safonov, Vladimir Frolov, Ruslan Zhiligotov, Yuri Petrenya

“…A method for taking into account the varistor effect in the developed models is proposed. …”
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Application of the Polynomial Chaos Expansion to the Uncertainty Propagation in Fault Transients in Nuclear Fusion Reactors: DTT TF Fast Current Discharge by Marco De Bastiani, Alex Aimetta, Roberto Bonifetto, Sandra Dulla

“…It has been demonstrated that the uncertainty on the inputs (varistor parameters) strongly propagates, leading to a wide range of possible scenarios in the case of accidental transients. …”
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Optical and Thermal Characterization of Zinc Oxide-Based Ceramic Using Pyroelectric and Photopyroelectric Techniques by Mohd Shapee, Sabrina

“…For ZnO-based varistor system, one or more additive oxides such as antimony oxide (Sb2O3), bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) and cobalt oxide (Co3O4) are the main tools that improve the nonlinear response and the stability of ZnO varistor. …”
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Handbook of Electrical Components and Resistance / by Sumpter, Lashawnda, author 645233, Redden, Lesley, author 645101

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Research on follow-current interruption characteristics of gas discharge tube and protective measures by Nianwen Xiang, Hongyang Gu, Kejie Li, Lingyun Cheng, Jin Yang, Wei Zhang, Congying Han, Chun Yang

“…For the most rigorous experimental results, the method of series connection with varistor is used in order to suppress the follow-current phenomenon of gas discharge tube. …”
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Samples search and study of electronic ceramics for sensors, actuators and transducers by Bony Scaria.

“…This project is a study of ceramic materials such as ceramic jewels, and their applications in the ancient days and modern days, capacitors, insulators, dielectrics, ferroelectric materials, piezoelectric materials, ZnO varistor and their industrial applications. This report also includes the El Nino La Nina environmental conditions. …”
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Dynamical Networks Modelling Applied to Low Voltage Lines with Nonlinear Filters by Mauro Fazion Filho

“…The nonlinear dynamical behaviour of a network that is submitted to disturbances is the starting point of this work, where we consider a low voltage line (the network) with nonlinear varistor filters responding, dynamically, to those disturbances. …”
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NONLINEAR OVERVOLTAGE LIMITER APPLICATION FOR INTERNAL OVER-VOLTAGE PROTECTION IN AVERAGE VOLTAGE NETWORKS by A. N. Bokhan, V. V. Krotenok

“…In order to estimate an influence of a nonlinear over-voltage limiter (NOL) on over-voltage reduction at ground an experimental research of varistor characteristics with 2,4 and 3,8 kHz frequencies has been carried out.Parameters of the NOL dynamic model have been determined. …”
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GRAIN-BOUNDARIES IN SEMICONDUCTORS by Grovenor, C

“…Diffusion at semiconductor grain boundaries is also discussed, and finally the electrical properties of zinc oxide varistor material are presented in the light of the models of carrier interactions with grain boundaries. © 1985 The Institute of Physics.…”

Uso de métodos químicos para obtener polvos cerámicos del sistema (Sn, Ti)O₂ by Rodríguez-Páez, J E., Varela, J. A., Ararat, C.

“…The (Sn,Ti)O2 system has a great interest due to its technological applications such as gas sensor and varistor. Although the thermodynamic properties and the kinetics of spinoidal decomposition in this system have been extensively studied, the general properties and applications of SnO2 – TiO2 binary compositions have been not investigated yet in depth. …”
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Electronic structures and transport properties of fluorinated boron nitride nanoribbons by Zeng, Jing, Chen, Ke-Qiu, Sun, Changqing

“…Moreover, the negative differential resistance and varistor-type behaviors can also be observed in such fluorinated zigzag-edged boron nitride nanoribbon devices. …”
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Numerical modelling of MOV with Voronoi network and finite element method by Qibin Zhou, Hongxiang Yang, Xin Huang, Manyu Wang, Xin Ren

“…Abstract The electrical and thermal characteristics of metal oxide varistor (MOV) are essential for the study of MOV performance and degradation. …”
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Influence Of Zinc Oxide Particle Size And Surface Properties On The Electrical, Optical And Cytotoxicity Characteristics Of Zinc Oxide Discs by Khalid M, Sendi Rabab

“…Kesan saiz butiran / partikel yang berbeza dan pengubahsuaian permukaan melalui penyepuhlindapan haba, struktur elektrik, dan sifat optik daripada cakera ZnO tulen dan koposit (varistor) yang difabrikasi daripada mikro atau nanopartikel ZnO dikaji dalam kajian ini berhubung dengan ketoksikan mereka. …”
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STUDY ON SURGE ARRESTER PERFORMANCE DUE TO LIGHTNING STROKE IN 20 KV DISTRIBUTION LINES by Agung Warsito, Abdul Syakur, Liliyana N.S.

“…We also show the performance of MOV Arrester (Metal Oxide Varistor) inovercoming lightning stroke trouble, where arrester can decrease voltage up to 15.198 kV on S phase, while atR phase and T phase arrester can decrease voltage up to 11.375 kV and 13.616 kV.…”
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An extended grain boundary barrier height model including the impact of internal electric field by Bai-Xiang Xu, Zi-Qi Zhou, Peter Keil, Till Frömling

“…An extended phenomenological model is proposed to rationalize the potential barriers of the varistor like boundaries of piezoelectric semiconductors. …”
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A new technicque for metal oxide surge arresters failure diagnostic using return voltage measurement by Abdul Malek, Zulkurnain

“…On the basis of this concept, a sensible ageing parameter, p-factor, is used for better characterization of the ageing status of varistors.…”
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A Novel Crossbeam Structure with Graphene Sensing Element for N/MEMS Mechanical Sensors by Junqiang Wang, Zehua Zhu, Yue Qi, Mengwei Li

“…Here, a novel crossbeam structure with a graphene varistor protected by Si₃N₄ is presented for N/MEMS mechanical sensors. …”
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Microstructural and nonlinear electrical properties of ZnO ceramics with small amount of MnO2 dopant by Fauzana, A.N., Azmi, B.Z., Sabri, M.G.M., Wan Abdullah, W.R., Hashim, M.

“…A small amount of MnO2 dopant was added to ZnO system to see the improvement of the ceramic varistor microstructural and nonlinear electrical properties. …”
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Impulse Life Evaluation Method of MOV Based on Weibull Distribution by Qibin Zhou, Xin Huang, Bengang Wei, Linlong Ye

“…The working life evaluation of metal oxide varistor (MOV) is always expected by MOV manufacturers and users. …”
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Study of a Combined Surge Protective Device for a Relay Protection Circuit in a UHV Converter Station by Yuqi Zhang, Weidong Zhang, Jianfei Ji

“…Based on the action characteristics of a gas discharge tube (GDT) and metal oxide varistor (MOV) under a 1.2/50 μs lightning surge, the equivalent circuit model of a series-combined SPD is established. …”
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