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New insight into the detection of high-impedance arcing faults on DC trolley systems

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
OSTI ID:20082450
High-impedance arcing faults are difficult to detect with conventional switchgear, and the presence of these faults in coal mine power systems represents a significant fire hazard. Research was performed to identify plausible techniques that would discriminate between the high-impedance arcing faults and legitimate load currents on the dc trolley system. This paper briefly summarizes that effort and focuses on the frequency characteristics of the arc current. After the arc was modeled as a stochastic process, good agreement was obtained between experimental observations and mathematical predictions.
Research Organization:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norward, MA (US)
OSTI ID:
20082450
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 35; ISSN 0093-9994; ISSN ITIACR
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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