• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.223-227
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• 2004

False-tripping of MCCB(Molded Case Circuit Breaker) and ELB(Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker), using to protect overload and ground-fault accidents in power system raise direct and indirect losses like as information loss, facilities damage, slipup of goods production in industry place. Cause of false-tipping of MCCB and ELB is various and cause analysis of false-tripping is mostly made up by inference because trip is not reappeared. This paper investigated and analyzed causes and influences of false-tripping of MCCB and ELB by making up a question to safety managers of two hundred and eighteen electrical facilities for private use. Also, the necessity of experimental study on the effect of harmonics on false-tipping of MCCB and ELB was presented.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.362-368
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• 2001

To design a limiting MCCB (Molded Case Circuit Breaker) mechanism, a dynamic modeling of the mechanism in which the electro-magnetic force effects are incorporated needs to be developed. Conventionally, electro-magnetic effects were considered separately for the design of the mechanism. In this paper, an electro-magnetic force that is induced by limited current is identified and included in the dynamic modeling of the mechanism. Thus, the electro-magnetic which is defined as a external force and the mechanical effects are simultaneously considered for the design of the mechanism which is composed of contactor, spring , link, latch and so on.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.1752-1758
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• 2018

In a low-voltage distribution system, the molded case circuit breaker (MCCB) is a widely used device to protect loads by interrupting over-current; however the hot gas generated from the arc discharge in the interrupting process depletes the dielectric recovery strength between electrodes and leads to re-ignition after current-zero. Even though the circuit breaker is ordinarily tripped and successfully interrupts the over-current, the re-ignition causes the over-current to flow to the load again, which carries over the failure interruption. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the dielectric recovery process and the dielectric recovery voltage of the MCCB. To determine these characteristics, a measuring system comprised of the experimental circuit and source is implemented to apply controllable recovery voltage and over-current. By changing the controllable recovery voltage, in this work, re-ignition is driven repeatedly to obtain the dielectric recovery voltage V-t curve, which is used to analyze the dielectric recovery strength of the MCCB. A measuring system and an evaluation technique for the dielectric recovery strength of the MCCB are described. By using this system and method, the measurement to find out the dielectric recovery characteristics after current-zero for ready-made products is done and it is confirmed that which internal structure of the MCCB affects the dielectric recovery characteristics.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.21-28
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• 2014

This study obtained the following results by analyzing the standards related to a $1{\phi}$ 2W MCCB and evaluating its heat resistance characteristics. Since KS C 8321 corresponds to IEC 60947-2 standards, most of the related regulations are similar. The NFPA, which presents the user oriented safety regulations, contains no details about tests or inspections, etc., but it does specify in detail the regulations directly related to safety. It can be seen that KS C 8321 classifies in detail the items about tests and inspections. However, IEC 60947-2 and IEEE C37.51 simplified the test and inspection items or omitted some of them. When applying thermal stress to an MCCB for 6 hours at $180^{\circ}C$ using a heat resistant experimental device, it was found that the actuator lever was transformed and moved in the tripped state. In addition, most of the fixing hanger was melted down, losing their function. When applying thermal stress to the MCCB at $90^{\circ}C$, it showed nothing peculiar, but the fixing hanger was partly deformed at $105^{\circ}C$ and $120^{\circ}C$. It was found that the fixing hanger was deformed and the name plate was discolored at $150^{\circ}C$. It can be seen from the analysis of the internals of the MCCB that the trip bar has been melted away and that the up and down operator has moved up. The experiment performed by applying a withstanding voltage of 6 kV for 60 s showed that all items remained intact. In addition, the evaluation of the insulation performance performed by applying DC 500 V using an insulation-resistance tester showed good insulation performance.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.87-93
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• 2005

Recently, nuisance tripping or malfunction of MCCB(Melded Case Circuit Breaker) and ELB(Electrical Leakage Breaker) is being increased according as load circuits and equipments of electrical customers are various and complicated, but investigation of actual conditions on malfunction of MCCB and ELB was not implemented This paper investigated causes and influences of malfunction of MCCB and ELB by making up a question to electrical safety managers of two hundred and eighteen private electrical facilities. The results show that users above $70[\%]$ experienced malfunction of MCCB and ELB, and causes of malfunction are in order aging(above $25(\%)$), nuisance tripping $(above\;22(\%))$, goods badness$(above\;20(\%))$, abnormal power like as harmonics$(above\;20(\%))$ and others $(about\;9(\%))$. Also, second damages due to failure of MCCB and ELB are in order goods production, equipment trouble, information loss, business and operation interrupt, and others. The results of this study can be used in making decisions regarding causes of MCCB and ELB trip.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.137-144
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• 2002

Low voltage circuit breakers which interrupt rapidly and raise the reliability of power supply are widely used in power distribution systems. In the paper, it has been investigated how much interrupting capability is improved by correcting the shape of the contact system in molded case circuit breaker(below MCCB), especially arc runner. Prior to the interrupting testing, it is necessary for the optimum design to analyze electromagnetic forces on the contact system generated by current and flux density. This paper presents both our computational analysis and test results on contact system in MCCB.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.63-64
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• 2013

개발된 Plug-In MCCB를 저압용 부스바에 설치하여 온도 특성을 분석한 결과 모든 상(phase)에서 기준 범위보다 적은 값을 나타냈고, 가장 높게 측정된 곳의 온도 역시 $13.7^{\circ}C$ 이었다. 또한 단시간 전류 시험 및 기계적 동작 시험 후의 온도 상승 시험에서도 $18.5^{\circ}C$로 측정되어 모든 부분의 특성이 양호한 것을 알 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.593-596
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• 2001

It is necessary for calculation of repulsion forces acting on the closed electric contacts flowing over-current, e.g. inrush current and overload currents, to do optimum design of switching devices. In this paper, the farces and flux densities generated by currents at the contact point when circuit breakers are in closed state are obtained by using 3D finite element methode. To be convinced of the results, we measure electrogmanetic repulsion forces on contacts by measuring voltage between opened contacts in MCCB.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07b
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• pp.628-632
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• 2002

Low voltage circuit breakers which interrupt rapidly and raise the reliability of power supply are widly used in power distribution systems. In the paper, it was investigated how much Interrupting capability was improved by correcting the shape of the contact system in molded case circuit breaker(below MCCB), especially arc runner. Prior to the interrupting testing, it was necessary for the optimum design to analyze electromagnetic forces on the contact system, generated by current and flux density. This paper presents both our compuational analysis and test results on contact system in MCCB

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2013.04a
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• pp.56-57
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• 2013

Plug-In MCCB는 전원부의 연결 단자가 없으며, 차단기 후면에 설치된 하우징 형태(housing type)의 플러그 유닛으로 부스바에 원터치(one touch) 설치 및 분리 등이 가능하다. 그러므로 차단기의 교체 시간이 짧고, 전원 복구가 신속하여 설비의 효율적 운용에 기여할 수 있다. 차단기의 후면에 있는 플러그 유닛이 동 부스바에 연결되었을 때 저항 특성을 초저항측정기(Resistance Tester)로 분석하였다. 3상 3선식 플러그인 배선용차단기를 동 부스바에 설치했을 때 R-phase과 플러그 단자 사이의 접촉 저항은 $0.51m{\Omega}$으로 확인되었다. 즉, 개발된 Plug-In MCCB를 이용하여 부스바에 설치할 때 접촉(속)부의 전기적 특성이 우수한 것을 확인할 수 있었다.