Arc motion and gas flow in current limiting circuit breakers operating with a low contact switching velocity

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 427-433

  McBride, John W ^a   Pechrach, Kesorn ^a   Weaver, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PBT Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arc chamber material; Arc imaging system; Arc motion; Arc root mobility; Contact opening speed; Current limiting circuit breaker; Flexible test apparatus; Gas flow; Velocity

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT BREAKING ARCS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIMITERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SWITCHING;

ARC IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0036768040     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2002.804607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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