• DocumentCode
    812759
  • Title

    Possibility of high current interruption of vacuum interrupter with low surge contact material: improved Ag-WC

  • Author

    Kaneko, E. ; Yokokura, K. ; Homma, M. ; Satoh, Y. ; Okawa, M. ; Okutomi, I. ; Ohshima, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Toshiba Corp., Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    797
  • Lastpage
    803
  • Abstract
    High-current interruption experiments were carried out on low-surge contact material Ag-WC set in axial magnetic field electrodes. The most influential factors on high-current interruption are the contact material, the axial magnetic field, and the initial opening speed. Though the interruption ability of conventional contact material was limited up to 20 kA, the ability of the improved material rose up to 40 kA in the test using the laboratory model vacuum circuit breaker
  • Keywords
    electrical contacts; electrodes; magnetic fields; silver; switchgear testing; tungsten compounds; vacuum circuit breakers; vacuum interrupters; 20 kA; 40 kA; Ag-WC; axial magnetic field electrodes; high current interruption; initial opening speed; low surge contact material; vacuum circuit breaker; vacuum interrupter; Circuit breakers; Circuit testing; Electrodes; Interrupters; Laboratories; Magnetic fields; Magnetic materials; Power distribution; Surges; Transformers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8977
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/61.400851
  • Filename
    400851