A study of arcing fault in the low-voltage electrical installation

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 199-209

  Martel, J M ^a   Anheuser, M ^a   Berger, F ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCING FAULTS; DRIVING FACTORS; ELECTRICAL FIRE; ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS; IMPLEMENTATION METHODS; IS TECHNOLOGIES; LOW VOLTAGES; LOW-VOLTAGE; OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; SERIES ARC-FAULT; STANDARD TESTING; VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; INSTALLATION;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78650469242     PISSN: 03614395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HOLM.2010.5619540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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