Analysis of Electromagnetic Processes Inside the Arc Interrupting System of a High-current Circuit Breaker

Authors

  • I. Murashov Department "Electrical Power Engineering and Equipment", Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University, 29 Polytechnicheskaya, 195251 Saint-Petersburg
  • V. Frolov Department "Electrical Power Engineering and Equipment", Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University, 29 Polytechnicheskaya, 195251 Saint-Petersburg
  • D. Ivanov Department "Electrical Power Engineering and Equipment", Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University, 29 Polytechnicheskaya, 195251 Saint-Petersburg
  • A. Kvashnin NE Open Joint Stock Company, 21 Partizanskaya, 195248 Saint-Petersburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/ppt.2017.2.161

Keywords:

circuit breaker, mathematical model, electrical switch, short circuit

Abstract

Description of electromagnetic processes inside an arc interrupting system of high-current circuit breaker is presented in article. Non-stationary mathematical model of the circuit-breaker operation (short-circuit currents mode) is developed. The main regularities of the displacement of the electric arc inside an arc chute are established. The influence of the movable contact position on the conditions for the displacement of the electric arc is presented. Also, the influence of the arc chute material on the motion and interrupting of an electric arc (alternating and direct currents) is established.

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Published

2017-02-11

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2017)

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