Study of electric field between two electrodes with arc at a low voltage: The experimental verification of the theoretical model

Author

Podolsky, D. ; Kapustin, V. ; Metscheraykov, V.

Author_Institution

Joint-stock Co. Contactor, Ulyanovsk, Russia

fYear

1999

fDate

4-6 Oct. 1999

Firstpage

100

Lastpage

104

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is both the experimental verification of the theoretical model of electric field in arc presence and developing a new circuit breaker design approach. The experimental idea was based on numerical calculation. It consists of measurement of back strike probability for two dummy embodiments. The calculation has shown that the back strike must take place in the first embodiment, but the back strike probability is zero in the second embodiment. The experimental measurements confirm the numerical calculation results fully.

Keywords

circuit breakers; circuit-breaking arcs; electric fields; electrodes; probability; arc; back strike probability; circuit breaker design approach; dummy embodiments; electric field; electrodes; numerical calculation results; Circuit breakers; Electric variables measurement; Electrodes; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic measurements; Feeds; Low voltage; Magnetic field measurement; Probability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Contacts, 1999. Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth IEEE Holm Conference on

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5549-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HOLM.1999.795933

Filename

795933