Instantaneous arcing-fault models developed for building system analysis

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 197-203

  Gammon, Tammy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^b John Matthews and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

ARCING GROUND FAULTS;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0035078354     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.903147     Document Type: Article

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