Screenless laminated arc

Author

Lauraire, M. ; Aymami, J. ; Boucheron, T.

Author_Institution

Telemecanique, Nanterre, France

fYear

1990

fDate

20-24 Aug 1990

Firstpage

574

Lastpage

579

Abstract

A thorough study of the effect of the characteristics of the insulating material on the behaviour of an electric arc is conducted. The results led to a technique of current limitation by lamination of any movable part other than the contact itself. The advantage of this method is that the current can be interrupted by making full use of the energy which is present at the time of a short circuit, without interposing mechanical systems which, due to their inertia, would increase the time taken. The device used to achieve such current limitations is described, and the effect which the geometrical parameters of the chamber. as well as the characteristics of the insulating material used, can have on the behavior of the electric arc at the time of an interruption of a short-circuit current are discussed

Keywords

circuit-breaking arcs; geometrical parameters; insulating materials characteristics; magnetic blow-out loops; short-circuit current interruption; short-circuit current limitation; technique of current limitation; Circuits; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Fault currents; Geometry; Lamination; Materials testing; Protection; Solid modeling; Thermal stresses; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Contacts, 1990. Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth IEEE Holm Conference on ... and the Fifteenth International Conference on Electrical Contacts

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HOLM.1990.113061

Filename

113061