The influence of the axial magnetic field upon the low voltage electric arc in vacuum

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 948-953

  Pavelescu, D ^a   Dumitrescu, G ^b   Nitu, S ^a   Trusca, V ^a   Pavelescu Jr , D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b Electrical Engineering Co   (Romania)

Author keywords

Electric arc; Low voltage; Magnetic field; Switchgear; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; VACUUM;

AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRIC ARC;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0032637242     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.772339     Document Type: Article

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