Vacuum circuit breaker postarc current modelling based on the theory of Langmuir probes

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4 II, 2007, Pages 925-932

  van Lanen, Ezra P A ^a   Smeets, René Peter Paul ^b,c   Popov, Marjan ^a   van der Sluis, Lou ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c KEMA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Postarc current; Postarc modeling; Short circuit current; Vacuum circuit breaker (VCB)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXTRAPOLATION; LANGMUIR PROBES; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SHEATHS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

IONIC SPACE-CHARGE SHEATH; POSTARC CURRENT; POSTARC MODELING; VACUUM CIRCUIT BREAKERS (VCBS);

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 34548280825     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.895210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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