• DocumentCode
    1047058
  • Title

    Switching Severity of Horn Gap Switches-A New Consideration

  • Author

    Shah, K.R. ; Ward, W.W., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Electrical Engineering Department Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1972
  • fDate
    7/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1602
  • Lastpage
    1605
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a new consideration in the application of horn gap switches for interrupting distribution circuits fed from two different sources is proposed. Equations for determining the average arc reach are derived using the experimental work reported in Ref. 1.
  • Keywords
    Circuit faults; Equations; Equivalent circuits; Impedance; Joining processes; Steady-state; Switches; Switching circuits; Transformers; Zero voltage switching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Apparatus and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9510
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPAS.1972.293314
  • Filename
    4074894