DocumentCode
3516664
Title
High Current Arc Erosion on Copper Electrodes in Air
Author
Øyvang, T. ; Fjeld, Elin ; Rondeel, Wilhelm ; Hagen, Svein Thore
Author_Institution
Fac. of Technol., Telemark Univ. Coll., Porsgrunn, Norway
fYear
2011
fDate
11-14 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
An arc fault inside metal enclosed switchgear will cause the pressure to rise and vaporization of electrode material may contribute to the pressure rise. An experimental study of high current arc erosion on copper electrodes in air has been performed, with an evaluation of fraction lost by gross melting and vaporization. All experiments were performed at NEFI High Voltage Laboratory in Skien, Norway. The measured mass loss from vaporization in our experiments seems to be negligible compared to erosion by gross melting.
Keywords
arcs (electric); electrical faults; electrodes; switchgear; NEFI High Voltage Laboratory; arc fault; copper electrode; electrode material vaporization; fraction lost evaluation; gross melting; high current arc erosion; mass loss measurement; metal enclosed switchgear; Copper; Current measurement; Electrodes; Fingers; Loss measurement; Materials;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electrical Contacts (Holm), 2011 IEEE 57th Holm Conference on
Conference_Location
Minneapolis, MN
ISSN
1062-6808
Print_ISBN
978-1-61284-650-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HOLM.2011.6034779
Filename
6034779
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