Simulation of a high current vacuum arc in a transverse magnetic field

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS. PART 1, 2009, Pages 1386-1392

  Delachaux, Thierry ^a   Fritz, Oliver ^a   Gentsch, Dietmar ^b   Schade, Ekkehard ^a   Shmelev, Dmitry L ^c  

^a ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b ABB Calor Emag Mittelspannung GmbH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ELECTROPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Moving arc; Numerical simulations; Transverse magnetic field (TMF) vacuum interrupter; Vacuum arc

Indexed keywords

ARC COLUMN; ARC STRUCTURES; DC CURRENT; DIRECTION OF MOTION; ELECTRODE GAP; ELECTRODE SURFACES; HEAT FLOWS; HIGH CURRENT VACUUM ARC; HIGH CURRENTS; METAL EVAPORATION; MINIMUM SURFACES; MOVING ARC; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SLIT WIDTH; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD (TMF) VACUUM INTERRUPTER; VACUUM ARC; VACUUM ARCS; VACUUM INTERRUPTERS;

CAVITY RESONATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SIMULATORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VACUUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 69249202479     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2009.2020403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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