Investigation of the magnetic field distribution between the vacuum chamber contacts

Author

Krasuski, K. ; Sibilski, H. ; Blazejczyk, T.

Author_Institution

High Power Dept., Electrotech. Inst., Warsaw, Poland

fYear

2014

fDate

8-11 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Measurement of the three components (axial, radial and azimuthal) of the magnetic field distribution (MFD) over the contact plate surface, having different slit shapes were made in a specially designed stand. These measurements were made for different azimuthal positions of both contacts, to analyze the influence of their position on the MFD. The results of measurements were presented and discussed. Selected contacts were installed in a dismountable vacuum chamber and switching tests were made at short circuit current from 1 kA to 16 kA. Switching arc was recorded by means of a high speed camera and the distribution of arc spots was observed.

Keywords

circuit breakers; magnetic fields; short-circuit currents; arc spots distribution; azimuthal positions; circuit breakers; contact plate surface; current 1 kA; current 16 kA; dismountable vacuum chamber; high speed camera; magnetic field distribution; short circuit current; slit shapes; switching arc; switching tests; vacuum chamber contacts; Contacts; Current measurement; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux density; Probes; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Poznan

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHVE.2014.7035496

Filename

7035496