Study of the influence of arc ignition position on arc motion in low-voltage circuit breaker

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2 III, 2007, Pages 491-497

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

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arc motion; Circuit breaker; Gassing material; Magneto hydrodynamic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

ARC IGNITION POSITION; ARC MOTION; GASSING MATERIAL;

CIRCUIT BREAKING ARCS;

EID: 34247182463     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.892579     Document Type: Article

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