Voltage escalation and reignition behavior of vacuum generator circuit breakers during load shedding

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 219-226

  Glinkowski, Mietek T ^a   Gutierrez, Moises R ^a   Braun, Dieter ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circuit Breaker Reignition; Circuit Breaker Restrike; Electromagnetic Transient Program; Escalation Voltages; Load Shedding; Modeling Generator Circuit Breakers; Transient Response; Vacuum Circuit Breakers

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; TRANSIENTS;

ARC ANGLE; CIRCUIT BREAKER RESTRIKE; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT PROGRAM (EMTP); HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENTS; MULTIPLE REIGNITIONS; TRANSIENT RESPONSE; VACUUM CIRCUIT BREAKERS; VOLTAGE ESCALATION;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0030785178     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.568244     Document Type: Article

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