• DocumentCode
    2798427
  • Title

    An improved method of simulation of the arc voltage-current characteristic

  • Author

    Emanuel, A.E. ; Orr, J.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    148
  • Abstract
    Traditionally the electric arc is simulated by mean of a simple voltage-current characteristic identical to the one caused by two Zener diodes connected back-to-back. This paper compares the levels of harmonics injected by electric arcs simulated using this simple, idealized characteristic and a more realistic one, based on Mayr´s model. It is shown that the more accurate voltage-current representation may yield significantly higher levels of harmonics
  • Keywords
    arcs (electric); harmonic distortion; power supply quality; power system harmonics; Mayr´s model; arc voltage-current characteristic; harmonic injection levels; power quality; simulation method improvement; voltage-current representation; Circuits; Frequency; Furnaces; Power harmonic filters; Power system harmonics; Power system modeling; Predictive models; Rectifiers; Voltage; Welding;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Harmonics and Quality of Power, 2000. Proceedings. Ninth International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6499-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICHQP.2000.897015
  • Filename
    897015