Title :
Overvoltage protection systems for low voltage and domestic electric consumers
Author :
Vatau, Doru ; Andea, Petru ; Frigura-Iliasa, Flaviu Mihai ; Surianu, Flavius Dan ; Kilyeni, Annamaria ; Barbulescu, Constantin
Author_Institution :
Politeh. Univ. of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
Abstract :
The protecting systems against overvoltages produced all over the world make more and more use of variable resistors based on metal oxides known under the name of varistors as they present a series of advantages when compared with other similar protecting systems. In this respect, the paper presents, besides a short comparative analysis of the protecting system, a Romanian concept concerning the realization of protecting modules equipped with ZnO varistors and original experiments which demonstrate their high quality and usefulness.
Keywords :
overvoltage protection; varistors; domestic electric consumers; low voltage electric consumers; overvoltage protection systems; varistors; Low voltage; Power supplies; Power system protection; Resistors; Risk analysis; Semiconductor diodes; Silicon; Varistors; Voltage control; Zinc oxide;
Conference_Titel :
MELECON 2010 - 2010 15th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference
Conference_Location :
Valletta
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5793-9
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.2010.5476014
