Contact temperature and erosion in high-current diffuse vacuum arcs on axial magnetic field contacts

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 452-461

  Schellekens, Hans ^b   Schulman, Michael Bruce ^a,c,d  

^a IEEE

^b SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC   (France)

^c EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Cutler Hammer   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial magnetic field contacts; Contact erosion; Contact temperature; Diffuse vacuum arc; Vacuum interrupter

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; EROSION; HEAT TREATMENT; LIQUID METALS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD CONTACTS; CONTACT EROSION; CONTACT TEMPERATURE; DIFFUSE VACUUM ARC; SURFACE HEATING EFFECTS; VACUUM INTERRUPTER;

VACUUM;

EID: 0035362046     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.928943     Document Type: Article

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