• DocumentCode
    2929960
  • Title

    A method to analyze the short-time withstand current capability for air circuit breaker

  • Author

    Chen, Kena ; Che, Degui ; Li, Xingwen ; Jia, Shenli

  • Author_Institution
    State Key Lab. of Electr. Insulation & Power Equip., Xi´´an Jiaotong Univ., Xi´´an, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    23-27 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    182
  • Lastpage
    186
  • Abstract
    A method to analyze the short-time withstand current for air circuit breaker (ACB) is presented. The cylindrical contact bridge is adopted to describe the current constriction between the movable and fixed contacts, and then the corresponding electromagnetic force and temperature rise of the contacts are calculated. Finally, the short-time withstand current capability could be evaluated based on the temperature rise of the contacts. In addition, the influence of the number of the contacts, the contact force and contact size on the short-time withstand current capability is analyzed.
  • Keywords
    circuit breakers; electric current; electrical contacts; electromagnetic forces; air circuit breaker; contact force; contact size; current constriction; cylindrical contact bridge; electromagnetic force; short time withstand current capability; Circuit breakers; Conductors; Electromagnetic forces; Force; Heating; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electric Power Equipment - Switching Technology (ICEPE-ST), 2011 1st International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Xi´an
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1273-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEPE-ST.2011.6122964
  • Filename
    6122964