Application of high current and current zero simulations of high-voltage circuit breakers

Contributions to Plasma Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 787-797

  Franck, C M ^a   Seeger, M ^a  

^a ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circuit breaker; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORECASTING; GEOMETRY; SCALING LAWS;

ARCS MODEL; CIRCUIT-BREAKERS; CURRENT PHASE; CURRENT-ZERO; HIGH CURRENTS; HIGH-VOLTAGE CIRCUITS; INTERRUPTION PERFORMANCE; PHASE A; SIMULATION; VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

TIMING CIRCUITS;

EID: 33845711571     PISSN: 08631042     EISSN: 15213986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ctpp.200610079     Document Type: Article

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