Dynamics of arc phenomena at closure of electrical contacts in vacuum circuit breakers

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1576-1581

  Kharin, Stanislav N ^a   Nouri, H ^a   Amft, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamics of closure and opening; Mathematical modeling; Metallic vapor pressure; Vacuum circuit breaker

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CATHODES; CIRCUIT BREAKING ARCS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; EVAPORATION; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL SENSORS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

CLOSURE DYNAMICS; METALLIC VAPOR PRESSURE; VACUUM CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 27644473404     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.856528     Document Type: Article

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