Calculation Of Pressure Rise And Energy Of Hot Gases Due To High Energy Arcing Faults In The Metal-clad Switchgear

Authors

  • M. Iwata Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Electric Power Engineering Research Laboratory, 2-6-1 Nagasaka, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 240-0196
  • T. Miyagi Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Electric Power Engineering Research Laboratory, 2-6-1 Nagasaka, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 240-0196
  • Y. Goda Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Electric Power Engineering Research Laboratory, 2-6-1 Nagasaka, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken 240-0196
  • K. Shirai Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Nuclear Fuel Cycle Backend Research Center, 1646 Abiko, Abiko-shi, Chiba-ken 270-1194

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/ppt.2017.2.116

Keywords:

switchgear, internal arc, pressure rise, energy of hot gases

Abstract

This paper presents the 3-D CFD calculation results of the pressure rise due to the High Energy Arcing Faults (HEAFs) in the metal-clad switchgears. The calculations were performed considering the came-off of the roof panel that was observed in the arc tests. The calculated pressure development approximately agreed with the measured one. Furthermore, the energy of hot gases exhausted from the broken roof panel was calculated to investigate the thermal effect of hot gases.

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2017-02-11

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