Proposal of Detection Methods of Cord Plug Tracking

Author

Yagi, M. ; Yokotani, A. ; Mizuno, Y. ; Nakagawa, T.

Author_Institution

Nagoya Inst. of Technol., Nagoya

fYear

2008

fDate

26-29 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

66

Abstract

Tracking of a cord plug is attributed to one of the main causes of fire accident, which is caused by surface leakage current flowing between its electrodes when dust is accumulated in the space between the plug and the outlet and wetted for example by dew condensation. This paper reports two novel detection methods of cord plug tracking. One is to detect the existence of the surface leakage current by superimposing a high frequency signal on a load current instead of detecting the surface current itself. The other is based on characteristics of the surface current itself, where a new physical quantity is introduced.

Keywords

domestic appliances; electric connectors; electrical accidents; electrical safety; leakage currents; cord plug tracking; fire accident; high frequency signal; surface leakage current; Accidents; Fires; Frequency; Home appliances; Insulation life; Leak detection; Leakage current; Plugs; Proposals; Refrigerators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 2008. CEIDP 2008. Annual Report Conference on

Conference_Location

Quebec, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2548-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2549-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEIDP.2008.4772798

Filename

4772798