Cathode spot motion in high-current vacuum arcs under self-generated azimuthal and applied axial magnetic fields

Journal of Physics D Applied Physics ◽

10.1088/0022-3727/17/4/013 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 743-756 ◽

Author(s):

M S Agarwal ◽

R Holmes

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Fields ◽

Cathode Spot ◽

High Current ◽

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Cathode Spot Motion in Magnetic Fields

Plasma and Spot Phenomena in Electrical Arcs - Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-44747-2_19 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 769-828

Author(s):

Isak Beilis

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Fields ◽

Cathode Spot ◽

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1254. Cathode spot motion in high-current vacuum arcs on copper electrodes

Vacuum ◽

10.1016/0042-207x(75)90521-7 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 25 (9-10) ◽

pp. 454

Keyword(s):

Cathode Spot ◽

High Current ◽

Copper Electrodes ◽

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Numerical Simulation of Cathode Spot Motion in Magnetic Fields

2006 International Symposium on Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum ◽

10.1109/deiv.2006.357297 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

V.P. Afanas'ev ◽

A.M. Chaly ◽

V.A. Kuptsov ◽

S.M. Shkol'nik

Keyword(s):

Numerical Simulation ◽

Magnetic Fields ◽

Cathode Spot ◽

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Vacuum arc cathode spot motion in oblique magnetic fields: An interpretation of the Robson experiment

Physics of Plasmas ◽

10.1063/1.4961920 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 (9) ◽

pp. 093501 ◽

Author(s):

I. I. Beilis

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Fields ◽

Cathode Spot ◽

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Cathode spot motion in high current vacuum arcs on copper electrodes

Journal of Physics D Applied Physics ◽

10.1088/0022-3727/8/6/014 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 696-702 ◽

Author(s):

J C Sherman ◽

R Webster ◽

J E Jenkins ◽

R Holmes

Keyword(s):

Cathode Spot ◽

High Current ◽

Copper Electrodes ◽

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Cathode spot motion in vacuum arc of zinc cathode under oxygen gas flow

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ◽

10.1109/27.964460 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 29 (5) ◽

pp. 713-717 ◽

Author(s):

R. Miyano ◽

Y. Fujimura ◽

H. Takikawa ◽

T. Sakakibara ◽

M. Nagao

Keyword(s):

Cathode Spot ◽

Gas Flow ◽

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Numerical simulation of influence of anode current density distributions on anode melting pool flow in high-current vacuum arc subjected to axial magnetic fields

The European Physical Journal Applied Physics ◽

10.1051/epjap/2011100357 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 55 (2) ◽

pp. 20801

Author(s):

L. Wang ◽

S. Jia ◽

B. Chen ◽

L. Zhang ◽

Y. Liu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Numerical Simulation ◽

Magnetic Fields ◽

Current Density ◽

Anode Current Density ◽

Anode Current ◽

High Current ◽

Density Distributions ◽

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Study of high-current vacuum arcs in axial magnetic fields

2014 International Symposium on Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum (ISDEIV) ◽

10.1109/deiv.2014.6961643 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

M. S. Agarwal ◽

P. K. Goswami

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Fields ◽

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The motion of cathode spot in self magnetic field of high current arc discharge

Proceedings ISDEIV. 18th International Symposium on Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum (Cat. No.98CH36073) ◽

10.1109/deiv.1998.740635 ◽

2002 ◽

Author(s):

O.V. Oleschuk ◽

A.F. Bretskih ◽

V.I. Sysun

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Field ◽

Cathode Spot ◽

Arc Discharge ◽

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Rotating Constricted Switching Arcs Burning in Gas and in Vacuum

Plasma Physics and Technology Journal ◽

10.14311/ppt.2017.2.173 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 173-176

Author(s):

D. Baron ◽

S. Ettingshausen ◽

M. Koletzko ◽

A. Lawall ◽

T. Rettenmaier ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Fields ◽

High Velocity ◽

Scaling Law ◽

Metal Vapor ◽

Transverse Magnetic ◽

High Current ◽

Circuit Breakers ◽

Current Interruption ◽

Magnetic Probes ◽

The method of controlling high-current switching arcs by transverse magnetic fields (TMF) forcing the constricted arc to rotate in a contact system is being applied successfully to improve the breaking capability of vacuum interrupters and gas circuit breakers. We describe the behavior of magnetically driven switching arcs in vacuum and in gas environment. We report on experiments using high-velocity videography, magnetic probes, and spectroscopy; they deliver the velocity, the temperature and the voltage of an arc. We present models and simulations of the moving constricted arc burning in metal vapor and in air. And we describe a particular switching application of TMF arc control and explain a scaling law of the contact size with the current interruption capability.

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