A simple arc model for the simulation of the clearing time of drawn arcs with a commercial electronics simulation tool

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 67-74

  Zeller, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arc model; Arc structure; Arc voltage gradient; Electronic circuit simulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; HEAT TRANSFER; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

ARC MODELING; ARC STRUCTURES; ARC VOLTAGE GRADIENTS; COMMERCIAL ELECTRONICS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCHES; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION;

EID: 73649124941     PISSN: 03614395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HOLM.2009.5284420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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