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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 294, 2019
2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference “Energy-Optimal Technologies, Logistic and Safety on Transport” (EOT-2019)
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| Article Number | 05002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Transport Design | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201929405002 | |
| Published online | 16 October 2019 | |
Contact arc time – important parameter of DC high-speed circuit-breakers
Railway Research Institute, Chlopickiego 50, 04-275 Warsaw, Poland
* Corresponding author: arojek@ikolej.pl
The parameters of DC high-speed circuit-breakers (HSCB) and test methods are specified in the standards. These standards define requirements of the circuit breakers opening time and the total breaking time. During the direct current (DC) breaking after opening the contacts, the arc ignites, the voltage of which is so low that it does not limit the switched off current. The time in which this phenomenon occurs is defined as the contact arc time.
The contact arc time has a significant influence on the breaking process. It can take up to over 40% of arcing time. Therefore, tests were carried out, which were to answer the questions about what and to a what extent affects the contact arc time.
Since the standards for high-speed circuit-breakers do not refer to the contact arc time, definitions of this parameter are proposed in the article. Using this definition numerous tests of various factors have been carried out on contact arc time.
The conducted research shows that shortening the DC breaking time through high-speed breakers is possible by limiting the contact arc time, which can be obtained by modifying the circuit breaker’s construction.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2019
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