Simulation study of the influence of wall ablation on arc behavior in a low-voltage circuit breaker

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 261-269

  Ma, Qiang ^a   Rong, Mingzhe ^a   Murphy, Anthony B ^b   Wu, Yi ^a   Xu, Tiejun ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arc behavior; Arc simulation; Low voltage breaker; Wall ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACETAL RESINS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; OPTICAL CABLES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPORS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ARC BEHAVIOR; ARC CHAMBER; ARC COLUMNS; ARC MOVEMENT; ARC PLASMAS; ARC SIMULATION; ARC VOLTAGE; BALANCE EQUATIONS; CIRCUIT BREAKERS; LOW-VOLTAGE BREAKER; MASS FRACTIONS; POLYMER MIXTURES; PRESSURE FIELDS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SIMULATION STUDIES; TEMPERATURE FIELDS; VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS; VAPOR MIXTURES; WALL ABLATION;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 58549118471     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2007733     Document Type: Article

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