Investigation on the Arc Appearance During the Arc Slot Crossing Process Between the Spiral Type Contacts

The transverse magnetic field (TMF) contacts generate a magnetic field through the structure and apply electromagnetic force to the arc to drive the arc to move on the surface of the contact. When the arc rotates on the surface of the spiral-type TMF contact, it needs to continuously cross the slots...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 2022-06, Vol.50 (6), p.1739-1748
Main Authors: Wei, Leming, Xiu, Shixin, Tan, Tao, Li, Shuo, Yang, Yu, Zhang, Feifan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arc appearance
arc slot crossing
Contacts
Electromagnetic forces
Force
high-speed camera
Ignition
Magnetic fields
Plasma jets
Spirals
Switches
transverse magnetic field (TMF) contacts
Vacuum arcs
vacuum circuit breaker
Voltage
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Summary:The transverse magnetic field (TMF) contacts generate a magnetic field through the structure and apply electromagnetic force to the arc to drive the arc to move on the surface of the contact. When the arc rotates on the surface of the spiral-type TMF contact, it needs to continuously cross the slots in the surface, so that the current is transferred between the contact arms. The structure of the slot not only determines the magnitude of the electromagnetic force of the arc during its movement, but also directly affects the arc's appearance and speed during its motion. At present, most researches on spiral-type TMF contacts focus on increasing the strength of TMF and enhancing the force on the arc, but there is little research on the influence of the arc's appearance during the slot crossing process. In this article, two spiral-type TMF contact structures are selected for experiments, the appearance of the arc in the slot crossing process is studied and analyzed, and the arc characteristics in different slot crossing processes are summarized. It is found that the anode plasma jets can keep moving with low concentration, which plays an important role in the slot crossing process and the current breaking.
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2022.3168598