Determination of arcing duration for high-voltage circuit breakers electrical endurance on-line monitor based on electromagnetic induction

Based on the understanding and development of condition based maintenance (CBM) of high-voltage circuit breakers, the authors give some general introduction to electrical endurance on-line condition monitor for VCBs, in which the stress put on the non-intrusive method and device for determination of the arcing duration. The principle and configuration for arcing duration detect are emphatically expounded in our research, in which the electromagnetic induction theory is adopted for the arcing initialization and duration detect. In the end, an algorithm for the electrical endurance of vacuum circuit breakers on-line condition monitoring system is proposed, which based on MC56F8346 one type of DSP56F800E series produced by freescale semiconductor. The universally accepted approach of accumulative breaking current of high voltage circuit breaker contact to diagnose electrical endurance is used in the high-voltage circuit breakers electrical endurance on-line monitor system.