Numerical study of the arc behavior in an air DC circuit breaker considering turbulence

  • Zhigang Ren
  • , Mingliang Wu
  • , Fei Yang
  • , Zhuo Yang
  • , Junpeng Zhang

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Abstract

Arc plasma behavior plays an important role on the performance of the low voltage air dc circuit breakers (DCCB). A 3-D arc model considering the turbulence effect for a large arc chamber of an air DCCB is built. The arc evolution is described in detail by the temperature distribution.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6823106
Pages (from-to)2712-2713
Number of pages2
JournalIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume42
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2014

Keywords

  • Arc plasma
  • dc circuit breaker (DCCB)
  • numerical study
  • turbulence

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