Electromagnetically convoluted arcs for the interruption of quasi direct current

Shpanin, Leonid M, Jones, Gordon R ORCID: 0000-0003-1784-8908, Shammas, Noel YA, Humphries, Jim E, Tennakoon, Sarath B and Spencer, Joseph W ORCID: 0000-0001-6573-5428 (2012) Electromagnetically convoluted arcs for the interruption of quasi direct current. In: 2012 47th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2012-9-4 - 2012-9-7.

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Abstract

This paper describes a novel technique for interrupting direct currents (D.C.) with an electromagnetically convoluted arc in air at atmospheric pressure. Investigations are reported on the effects of using a separate current for producing the arc convolving electromagnetic field (B-field) to that being interrupted and using a separate R, L, C circuit in parallel with the arc contacts. Experimental results are presented for the time variation of currents flowing through the arc gap, the B-field coil and the parallel R, L, C circuit, along with the voltage across the arc gap. © 2012 IEEE.

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Date Deposited:	19 Aug 2016 10:53
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 02:22
DOI:	10.1109/upec.2012.6398645
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3002987