Preemptive arc fault detection techniques in switchgear and controlgear

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1911-1919

  Kumpulainen, Lauri ^a   Hussain, G Amjad ^b   Lehtonen, Matti ^b   Kay, John A ^c  

^a Teknologiakeskus Oy Merinova Ab   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c ROCKWELL AUTOMATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arc flash; online monitoring; sensors

Indexed keywords

ARC FLASH; CONTINUOUS DETECTIONS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; MOTOR CONTROL CENTERS; ONLINE MONITORING; PREDICTIVE MONITORING; SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION; SWITCHGEAR AND CONTROLGEAR;

FAULT DETECTION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

SENSORS;

EID: 84880867763     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2013.2258314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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