Title :
Vacuum circuit breakers: (Features of physics and production technologies)
Author_Institution :
NPP Kontakt, JSC, Saratov
Abstract :
Application fields of vacuum circuit breakers (VCBs) are outlined. The physics of the underlying phenomena is considered complicated due to specific behavior of plasma are in alternating magnetic and electric fields. The switching capacity is indicated to be affected by the erosion of electrodes, cracks and pores wearing the surface down, etc. It is observed that VCBs and high-power microwave devices share common behavioral features, some design solutions and technologies. Future trends of VCB development are highlighted.
Keywords :
microwave devices; plasma applications; vacuum circuit breakers; VCB; alternating electric fields; alternating magnetic fields; cracks; electrode erosion; high-power microwave devices; plasma behavior; pores; vacuum circuit breakers; Circuit breakers; Electrodes; Microwave devices; Microwave technology; Physics; Plasma applications; Plasma devices; Production; Surface cracks; Vacuum technology;
Conference_Titel :
Actual Problems of Electron Devices Engineering, 2008. APEDE '08. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Saratov
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2121-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2122-0
DOI :
10.1109/APEDE.2008.4720193
