• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.55 no.10
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• pp.521-527
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• 2006

After various measuring methods and system were investigated, Rogowski colis for the measurement of parameters in current zero region were designed and manufactured. Using the Rogowski coils and a 38kV 40kA VCB (vacuum circuit breaker), at last the post-arc current has been successfully measured firstly. It was found that the Rogowski coils used in this study have good characteristics and propriety to measure the parameters of current zero. We realized that the data processing for evaluating the post-arc current from the experimental results needs much more careful attention than that for building the measuring technique and system. The magnitude of post-arc current and the falling time of it to zero are proportioned to the rate of current di/dt. The magnitude of post-arc currents were around $1{\sim}3A$ to the interruption current of $20{\sim}30kA$ in the model VCB.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.369-371
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• 1999

The post-arc current in VCB(Vacuum Circuit Breaker) was calculated from the transient recovery voltage. A differential equation for the post-arc current was derived from the equivalent circuit of the test circuit. And it's results were showed.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.54 no.2
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• pp.76-82
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• 2005

In this paper, a method for analyzing the thermal recovery characteristics of the nozzle of gas circuit breaker was described. In order to obtain thermal recovery characteristics, the transient simulation of SF6 arc plasma within the nozzle was carried out. In particular, the nozzle ablation was taken into account by simultaneously solving the PTFE concentration equation with the governing equations such as continuity, momentum and energy equation. After that, post arc current calculation was performed with the rate of rise of recovery voltage changed. From the calculated post arc current, it was possible to suggest the thermal recovery characteristics of the nozzle of gas circuit breaker.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.184-190
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• 2009

One of the purposes of arc control is to change its state to the diffuse state before current zero as soon as possible. This can provide optimal conditions for full extinction of arc by minimizing the quantity of residual plasma between contacts near current zero. TRV(transient recovery voltage) occurs at current zero at the same time with current interruption. If there is substantial residual plasma near current zero it can cause 'post arc current' by the interaction of its conductance with TRV. In this paper, arc control ability as a function of configuration of spiral type VI contacts was compared on the criteria of the time taken for arc to reach to the diffuse state.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.51 no.9
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• pp.522-529
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• 2002

In this paper, computer simulations of the physical Phenomena occurring in the arc region before and after current zero were carried out to evaluate the thermal recovery characteristics of a Laval nozzle. A commercial CFD program "PHOENICS" is used for the simulation and the user-coded subroutines to consider the arcing phenomena were added to this program by the authors. The computed results were verified by the comparison with the test results presented by the research group of GE Co.(General Electric Company). In order to investigate the state of the arc region after current zero, the simulation was carried out with three steps. They are steady state arc simulation, transient arc simulation before current zero, and transient hot-gas flow simulation after current zero. The semi-experimental arc radiation model is adapted to consider the radiation energy transport and Prandtl's mixing length model is employed as the turbulence model. The electric field and the magnetic field were calculated with the same grid structure used for the simulation of the flow field. The post-arc current was calculated to evaluate the thermal recovery characteristics after current zero. Compared with the results obtained by GE Co., it has been found that the critical RRRV(ratio of rise of recovery voltage) will be determined previously by this study.his study.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.693-695
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• 2003

차단기내에서 일어나는 아크철상을 모의하기 위해서는 수학적으로 표현할 수 있어야 한다. 하지만, 아크의 물리적 현상이 대단히 복잡하여 수식화 하기가 쉽지 않을 백만 아니라 논리적으로 이상이 없는 결과를 얻는 일도 쉽지 않다. 특히, 아크를 표현하는 수식에는 많은 경험적 변수 또는 실험결과를 고려하여 조정되어야 할 변수가 존재한다. 그 대표적인 것이 난류 변수(turbulence parameter)와 방사에너지 전달에서의 방사계수(emission coefficient)이다. 본 논문은 차단기가 전류차단 후의 열적회복과정에서, 난류변수에 따른 아크-후 전류(post arc current)를 계산한 결과를 제시한 것이다. 난류변수에 따른 아크의 냉각효과를 검토하고 있으며, 실험결과 비교하여 가장 잘 맞는 난류변수의 값을 제시하고 있다.

• 한국공간정보시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.37-42
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• 2004

The primary objective of this paper is to trace the post-buckling behavior of space trusses in the inelastic range. Modeled member material behavior characteristics of struts in the post-critical elasto-plastic stage are determined and three types of idealized hardening rules are described. To perform this analysis, the present work is used the current stiffness parameter method combined with the cylinderical arc-length method. Numerical examples are presented to illustrate the accuracy and the application of the numerical solutions introduced above.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.247-247
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• 2011

차단기의 주 임무는 사고전류를 차단하는 것이다. 진공 인터럽터는 진공차단기의 차단부로서 진공차단기의 핵심부이다. 사고전류 발생시 전극이 분리되면서 아크가 발생한다. VI의 아크소호 방식에는 크게 축자계 방식과 횡자계 방식이 있는데 본 논문은 횡자계 방식에 관한 것이다. 교류전류에서는 전류가 일시적으로 공급되지 않는 전류영전에서 아크소호가 가능하다. 전류영점에서 아크가 소호된 직후 극간저항은 거의 0에서부터 무한대까지 급격하게 변화하는데 이때 이 저항의 증가에 비례하여 과도회복전압이 발생한다. 하지만 잔류플라즈마의 소멸에는 일정시간이 소요되며 아크가 소호된 이후에도 종종 극간에 금속증기가 존재하게 된다. 잔류플라즈마는 전기전도도를 가지므로 극간에 과도회복전압이 걸리면 전류영점 직후에 아크를 통해 흘러 결국 아크의 재점호를 야기시키는 post arc current를 발생시킬 수 있다. 따라서 전류영점의 충분한 시간 이전에 아크를 확산아크로 전환시켜 극간에 존재하는 잔류 플라즈마 량을 최소화시켜야 한다. VI 내부의 아크거동에 미치는 인자에는 접점재료와 VI 용기내부의 진공도 이외에도 전극의 직경, 쉴드, 전극의 개극속도, 최종 극간거리 등이 있다. 본 연구에서는 나선형 VI 접점을 대상으로 두 접점 사이의 비틀림 각도에 따른 아크제어성능을 비교분석하였다.

• Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.172-177
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• 2016

In this paper, various electrochemical experiments were conducted in seawater solution to evaluate corrosion damage behavior of arc thermal sprayed Inconel 625 coating on SS400 steel in marine environment. As a result, corrosion damages of thermal sprayed Inconel 625 coating preferentially occurred at the defect area, and they were observed as a form of pitting corrosion in the galvanostatic experiments. In Tafel analysis, corrosion current density of Inconel 625 coating was relatively high due to influence of interconnected pores and Cr oxides in the thermal spray coating layer. On the other hand, the result of the potential measurement, thermal sprayed Inconel 625 coating should need the post-treatment which can compensate the defects like pores and cracks because Inconel 625 coating presented a higher potential of about 290 mV than that of the SS400 steel.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.18-21
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• 2008

The study deals with the effects of parameters in the synthesis of carbon nanotubes in liquid nitrogen to find the most appropriate conditions such as electrical voltage and time that give carbon nanotubes with large volume and less proportion of impurity, which is a non-nanotubed carbon. The experiment employed the method of arc-discharge between graphite cathode and anode which are immersed in liquid nitrogen. The electrical DC current of 60A and 70A were applied with the time period ranging from 10 seconds to 25 seconds. It was found that the electrical current of 60A and 13 seconds arc-discharge time allowed the largest volume of carbon nanotubes generation. The longer time leads to more impurities around the carbon nanotubes. By the filtration of CNTs-suspended solution using 0.2 micrometers porous paper filter and the characterization using TEM, the carbon nanotubes synthesized in the study were approximately 25 layers multi-walled nanotubes with the average diameter of 18.2 nanometers.