Open AccessRESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS OF LOW VOLTAGE DEVICES
Author(s) -
Elena Gracheva,
А. Р. Сафин,
Ruslan Sadykov
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
izvestiâ vysših učebnyh zavedenij. problemy ènergetiki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-5456
pISSN - 1998-9903
DOI - 10.30724/1998-9903-2018-20-5-6-13-21
Subject(s) - contactor , operability , contact resistance , reliability (semiconductor) , reliability engineering , voltage , circuit breaker , control theory (sociology) , computer science , electrical engineering , engineering , materials science , power (physics) , control (management) , physics , layer (electronics) , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , composite material
To assess the operability and technical condition of low-voltage devices, it is proposed to use the resistance of contact connections. The probability of failure-free operation is proposed to be evaluated by the dependence of the resistance of the contact connections of the apparatus on the number of switching operations. As a result of wear, the initial value of the contact resistance of the switching device increases and reaches a critical value at which the switching device fails. Due to the fact that in the process of research there are both complete contact failures and short-term switching of only one time, the contact resistance is exceeded by the contact resistance of the threshold value. For magnetic starters, circuit breakers and contactors, based on the results of the experimental studies carried out, in order to achieve the critical resistance value of the apparatus, аn average of three times the initial resistance. At the same time, the quantitative characteristics of the functioning efficiency are determined by the methods of probability theory and mathematical statistics. The set of the obtained quantitative indicators allows to determine the actual level of reliability of contacting, and also extends the possibility of predicting performance ratings in the design. In the present article, a method for the complex evaluation of the efficiency of low-voltage apparatus has been developed and the laws of the change in the resistance of contact connections and the probability of failure-free operation of low-voltage switching devices have been revealed, depending on the operating conditions.