• DocumentCode
    3535986
  • Title

    Arcing characteristics on low-voltage DC circuit breakers

  • Author

    Hyosung Kim

  • Author_Institution
    Kongju Nat. Univ., Cheonan, South Korea
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    2-6 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    7
  • Abstract
    Removing the fault current in DC circuits is comparably difficult since the DC current has non zero-crossing point like in AC current [1,2]. Thus, developing dedicated DC circuit breakers is necessary to get safety for human body and electrical facilities [3,4]. This paper proposed a novel DC circuit breaker against inductive loads. The performance of the proposed DC circuit breaker was verified by an experimental circuit breaker test system.
  • Keywords
    circuit breakers; circuit-breaking arcs; DC current; arcing characteristics; electrical facilities; experimental circuit breaker test system; fault current removal; human body safety; inductive load; low-voltage DC circuit breakers; Batteries; Circuit breakers; Equations; Inductors; Magnetic circuits; Magnetic flux; Mathematical model; Arc extinguisher; Circuit Breaker; DC power supply; Magnetic device; Safety;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics and Applications (EPE), 2013 15th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Lille
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EPE.2013.6631970
  • Filename
    6631970