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Influence of Material and Thickness of Metal Wire for Ignition on Arc Energy in Power Arc Tests
Author(s) -
TANAKA SHINICHI,
KOTARI MASASHI,
TADOKORO TOMO,
GODA YUTAKA
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
electrical engineering in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1520-6416
pISSN - 0424-7760
DOI - 10.1002/eej.22968
Subject(s) - arc (geometry) , materials science , electric arc , ignition system , plasma arc welding , power (physics) , metal , composite material , metallurgy , electrode , mechanical engineering , engineering , chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , welding , aerospace engineering
SUMMARY Metal wires are widely used for arc ignitions in power arc tests on electrical power installations, and their material and thickness are selected variously. However, the material and the thickness of the metal wire are thought to be influential factors in the severity of the power arc test, because they may change the arc duration and the physical characteristics of arc. Therefore it is important to understand the dependence of the severity of the power arc test on the material and the thickness of the metal wire. In this paper, we made the experiment, where arcs were generated in a closed chamber with changing the material and the diameter of the metal wire for arc ignition. By this experiment, we clarified the fusing characteristics for various metal wires, and then studied how the material and the thickness of the metal wire influence the arc energy for the first half‐cycle of current. As a result of this study, we pointed out a possibility of changing the severity in the power arc test according to the metal wire for arc ignition.