Simulation on arc movement under effects of quenching chamber configuration and magnetic field for low-voltage circuit breaker

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E88-C, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1577-1583

  Rong, Mingzhe ^a,b,c   Wu, Yi ^a   Yang, Qian ^a   Hu, Guangxia ^a,c   Jia, Shengli ^a,d   Wang, Jianhua ^a,e  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IEEE   (China)

^c China Electro technical Society (CES)   (China)

^d Chinese Society for High Power Test Technology   (China)

^e School of Electrical Engineering

Author keywords

Arc movement; Circuit breakers; Gas dynamics; Low voltage; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GAS DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

ARC MOVEMENT; LOW-VOLTAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) ARC MODEL;

QUENCHING;

EID: 26044480422     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e88-c.8.1577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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