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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.a080ed32

Study on Restriking Transient Voltage Characteristics and Waveform Patterns of Planar Copper-Carbon Electrodes using Forms  

Lim, Jong-Min (Dept. of Fire Safety Engineering, Jeonju University)
Choi, Chung-Seog (Dept. of Fire Safety Engineering, Jeonju University)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.34, no.4, 2020 , pp. 1-6 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the authors measured voltage and current waveforms in real time during a serial arc discharge. The analysis results of the arc discharge radiation patterns exhibited intermittent discharge, arc growth, creation of a heat generating area, occurrence of plume, and formation of a red heat area, which proceeded in that order. When the serial arc discharge was introduced, the current and voltage waveforms exhibited periodicity as sine waves. It was also observed that a restriking transient voltage occurred when the waveform changed from positive (+) to negative (-) and vice versa. When the discharge proceeded, the amount of heat generated for 1 s and 600 s was approximately 0.317 mJ, and 190 mJ, respectively. The duration of the short circuit was approximately 1.66 ms, and in the case of the voltage waveform, it was evident that the electric potential increased to 49.9 V in the same cycle. Furthermore, when the discharge proceeded, the effective value (RMS value) of the current was approximately 1.72 A with a maximum current of approximately 2.53 A, whereas the effective value of the voltage was approximately 42.8 V with a maximum of approximately 208 V.
Keywords
Restrike voltage; Waveform patterns; Serial arc discharge; Short circuit; Effective value;
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