Experimental investigation on the arc motion with different configurations of quenching chamber in AC contactor

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E89-C, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1201-1205

  Chen, Degui ^a   Dai, Ruicheng ^a   Li, Xingwen ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AC contactor; Arc motion; Reignition probability

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUENCHING;

AC CONTACTOR; ARC MOTION; DIELECTRIC RECOVERY STRENGTH; REIGNITION PROBABILITY;

ELECTRIC CONTACTORS;

EID: 33747894010     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e89-c.8.1201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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