Calibrated AC and DC arcing fault generator

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 182-187

  Andrea, Jonathan ^a   Schweitzer, Patrick ^a   Tisserand, Etienne ^a   Roth, Patrice ^a   Weber, Serge ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

Author keywords

AC and DC arcing generator; Arc fault; Calibrated arc; Repeatable arc

Indexed keywords

AC AND DC ARCING GENERATOR; ARC FAULTS; ARC TIME; ARCING FAULTS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CALIBRATED ARC; DC CURRENT; DC LINE; DC MODE; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; OVER-VOLTAGES; REPEATABLE ARC; TEST BENCHES; VARIABLE LOADS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS;

EID: 78650500892     PISSN: 03614395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HOLM.2010.5619542     Document Type: Conference Paper

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