Artificial low current arc fault for pattern recognition in low voltage switchgear

Electrical Contacts, Proceedings of the Annual Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 14-20

  Müller, Peter ^a   Tenbohlen, Stefan ^a   Maier, Reinhard ^b   Anheuser, Michael ^b  

^a Institute of Power Transmission and High Voltage Technology (IEH)   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arc fault; Arc ignition; Low voltage; Pattern recognition; Switchgear

Indexed keywords

ARC CURRENT; ARC FAULT DETECTION; ARC FAULTS; CIRCUIT-BREAKERS; CONNECTED LOADS; CURRENT RANGE; INSULATION MATERIALS; LOCAL HEATING; LOW CURRENT ARC; LOW CURRENTS; LOW VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR; LOW VOLTAGES; OVER CURRENT; PEAK-TO-PEAK-; PROTECTION DEVICE; RESISTIVE SHORTS; SHORT CIRCUIT; SPECIAL DEVICES; SWITCH GEARS; TWO PHASIS;

BUSBARS; CARBONIZATION; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FAULT DETECTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; WELDS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 73649103730     PISSN: 03614395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HOLM.2009.5284429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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