Arc behavior and confinement in a high-voltage, high breaking capacity fuse filler

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 212-220

  Saqib, M A ^a,b   Stokes, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arc energy; Fulgurite; Fuse filler; High voltage high breaking capacity (HBC) fuse

Indexed keywords

ARC BEHAVIOR; ARC ENERGY; BORIC ACIDS; BORON TRIOXIDE; CURRENT INTERRUPTION; HIGH BREAKING CAPACITY FUSE; HIGH CURRENTS; HIGH-VOLTAGES;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CAVITY RESONATORS; FILLING; INORGANIC ACIDS; SILICA; SILICA SAND; TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

FILLERS;

EID: 73849091273     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2009.2027480     Document Type: Article

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