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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2019.34.3.8

Analysis of Thermal Characteristics of the Electrical Socket-Outlets by Overcurrent  

Kim, Doo Hyun (Department of Safety Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, Sung Chul (Department of Safety Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, Kyung Chun (Department of Safety and Infrastructure, Korea Institute of Machinery&Materials)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.34, no.3, 2019 , pp. 8-14 More about this Journal
Abstract
Many electrical socket-outlet fire accidents take place not only in homes but in the offices each year. The causes are mostly faulty constructions, managerial problems and carelessness. Construction and managerial flaws can be resolved by regular or special inspections, but carelessness is not solvable through inspections. Such carelessness can be related to the consumption capacity of electrical socket-outlets presently, the rated current of electrical socket-outlets is based on 16A. However, even at 16A, the heat generated in the insulator of an electrical socket-outlet varies due to such factors as part damage and environmental conditions of use. To explore this situation, the study conducted an experiment to analyze thermal relationship by applying 10A, 20A, and 30A currents. To secure reliability, the study employed thermal analysis simulation and compared the thermal relationship in the same current value. The experimental and simulation values were found to be similar and therefore, diverse current values were replaced with the simulation. At 30A, the temperature was found to rise to at least $169.9^{\circ}C$ which had worked as a sufficient amount of energy to bring the insulation aging of insulator.
Keywords
electrical fire; electrical socket-outlet; thermal characteristics; overcurrent; flux;
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