DC Arc Resistance Rise by PMMA Cylinder Ablation with Arc Shrinking in Silica Sand Filling Space

Concerning DC arc quenching phenomenon in silica sand filling space, we have proposed a new method for raising an arc column resistance (rcol) by use of polymer‐material arrangement. This paper reveals physical factors for rcol rise on the bases of experimental results using the following cylinders...

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Published in:IEEJ transactions on electrical and electronic engineering 2021-12, Vol.16 (12), p.1679-1686
Main Authors: Kodama, Naoto, Nakamura, Koya, Yokomizu, Yasunobu, Takahashi, Asato, Yamamura, Naoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ablation
Cylinders
DC arc
Diameters
Electron density
fuse
High current
Low currents
Physical factors
polymer
Polymethyl methacrylate
Quartz
Quenching
Sand
silica sand
Silicon dioxide
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Summary:Concerning DC arc quenching phenomenon in silica sand filling space, we have proposed a new method for raising an arc column resistance (rcol) by use of polymer‐material arrangement. This paper reveals physical factors for rcol rise on the bases of experimental results using the following cylinders made of: (i) Quartz (SiO2) and (ii) PMMA ((C5H8O2)n) with various inner diameters ϕ. For ϕ = 2 mm case, rcol measured for a PMMA cylinder arrangement indicated higher rcol at low current region, while almost same rcol around current peak. For ϕ = 3 mm case, rcol for the PMMA cylinder was lower than rcol for the quartz case at high current region, while almost comparable between these conditions at low current region. For ϕ = 5 mm case, rcol were almost same during the arc quenching process. To discuss the effect of the rcol rise, the followings were also performed: (i) observation of cylinders after arc quenching and (ii) calculation of the electron density of SiO2/Cu or PMMA/SiO2 mixture vapors. It is concluded that, at high current region, rcol can increase due to the shrinking of the arc conductive diameter caused by the cylinder hole and the silica sand filled inside the cylinder hole. On the other hand, the admixing of the PMMA ablation vapor increases rcol at low current region in the present experiment. © 2021 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
ISSN:1931-4973
1931-4981
DOI:10.1002/tee.23462