• DocumentCode
    569837
  • Title

    Breaking performance of a circuit breaker influenced by a permanent magnetic field at DC voltages up to 450 V

  • Author

    Schrank, Thorsten ; Wilkening, Ernst-Dieter ; Kurrat, Michael ; Gerdinand, Frank ; Meckler, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of High Voltage Technol. & Electr. Power Syst., Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    14-17 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    35
  • Lastpage
    40
  • Abstract
    Circuit breakers have been equipped with external permanent magnets to investigate their breaking behavior at DC voltage. The breaking operations were conducted at voltages up to 450 VDC and prospective currents from 10 A to 5000 A. The time constants 0 ms, 1 ms and 3 ms were adjusted. In comparison, breaking operations without permanent magnet were conducted to analyze the influence of the permanent magnetic field. Additionally, the arcing behavior was observed with a high-speed camera.
  • Keywords
    circuit breakers; circuit-breaking arcs; permanent magnets; arcing behavior; breaking performance; circuit breakers; current 10 A to 5000 A; high speed camera; permanent magnetic field; time 1 ms; time 3 ms; voltage 450 V; DC voltage; circuit breaker; high-speed camera; permanent magnet;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical Contacts (ICEC 2012), 26th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-508-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp.2012.0618
  • Filename
    6301863