Modeling and numerical simulation of anode activity and arc motion in a transverse magnetic field

Vacuum interrupters based on transverse magnetic field contacts now are widely used in medium voltage circuit breakers. The arc motion under the transverse magnetic field (TMF) plays a decisive role in the interruption. In this paper, we focus on the movement of vacuum arc driven by TMF and anode th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ting Wang, Shixin Xiu, Dingyu Feng, Zixi Liu, Bo Yuan, Mengru Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2017-12-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5001738