Mechanism of Interaction Between Electric Arc and Breaking Chamber in Low Voltage Current Limiting Circuit Breakers

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 841-848

  Lindgren, Sven ^b   Nordgren, Robert ^b   Bånghammar, Lars Å ^b  

^a Ludvika   (Sweden)

^b Uppsala Energi ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC ARCS, CIRCUIT BREAKING; ELECTROMAGNETS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARC INTERRUPTION; LV SWITCHGEAR;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0026219507     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: 19399367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.90338     Document Type: Article

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