Computational investigation of arc behavior in an auto-expansion circuit breaker contaminated by ablated nozzle vapor

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 706-719

  Zhang, Jin Ling ^a   Yan, Jiu Dun ^a   Murphy, Anthony B ^b   Hall, W ^c   Fang, Michael T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c VA Tech Reyrolle   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arc behavior; Auto expansion circuit breakers; Computational investigation; Nozzle ablation; Transport coefficients

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; NOZZLES; PRESSURE; RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPORS;

ARC BEHAVIOR; AUTO-EXPANSION CIRCUIT BREAKERS; NOZZLE ABLATION;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0036545438     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.1024273     Document Type: Article

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