Preliminary experiments quantifying the arcing process in a DC circuit breaker development project

Dassanayake, C; Kularatna, N; Steyn-Ross, A; Gurusinghe, N; Gunawardane, K

Preliminary experiments quantifying the arcing process in a DC circuit breaker development project

Dassanayake, C Kularatna, N Steyn-Ross, A Gurusinghe, N Gunawardane, K

Permalink

Publisher:: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC, 2024, 00, pp. 2986-2993
Issue Date:: 2024-01-01

Recently Added

	Filename	Description	Size
	1728438.pdf	Published version	4.7 MB	Adobe PDF	View/Open

Copyright Clearance Process

Recently Added
In Progress
Open Access

This item is new to OPUS and is not currently available.

Full metadata record

Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Dassanayake, C
dc.contributor.author	Kularatna, N
dc.contributor.author	Steyn-Ross, A
dc.contributor.author	Gurusinghe, N
dc.contributor.author	Gunawardane, K https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5254-0162
dc.date	2024-02-25
dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-07T05:33:49Z
dc.date.available	2024-08-07T05:33:49Z
dc.date.issued	2024-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC, 2024, 00, pp. 2986-2993
dc.identifier.issn	1048-2334
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/180327
dc.description.abstract	AC circuit breakers are well-established technology today. However, DC circuit breakers (DCCB) are not easy to design and build since there are no zero crossings in a DC power supply. Mechanical and semiconductor switches are the key elements considered under various circuit topologies to design DCCBs. However, mass-produced commercial DCCBs are designed by modifying AC breakers by connecting multiple poles in series and/or using permanent magnets inside the breaker to lower the cost of DCCBs except for special applications such as in the military industry. Some of the major issues behind the DCCB design are fundamentally explained in this research with simple experimental results based on DC arc characteristics. We intend using these experimental observations in a new design approach for DC circuit breakers using supercapacitor energy absorption.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
dc.relation.ispartof	Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC
dc.relation.ispartof	2024 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/APEC48139.2024.10509082
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.title	Preliminary experiments quantifying the arcing process in a DC circuit breaker development project
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	00
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
utslib.copyright.status	recently_added	*
dc.date.updated	2024-08-07T05:33:44Z
pubs.finish-date	2024-02-29
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.start-date	2024-02-25
pubs.volume	00

Abstract:

AC circuit breakers are well-established technology today. However, DC circuit breakers (DCCB) are not easy to design and build since there are no zero crossings in a DC power supply. Mechanical and semiconductor switches are the key elements considered under various circuit topologies to design DCCBs. However, mass-produced commercial DCCBs are designed by modifying AC breakers by connecting multiple poles in series and/or using permanent magnets inside the breaker to lower the cost of DCCBs except for special applications such as in the military industry. Some of the major issues behind the DCCB design are fundamentally explained in this research with simple experimental results based on DC arc characteristics. We intend using these experimental observations in a new design approach for DC circuit breakers using supercapacitor energy absorption.

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:

http://hdl.handle.net/10453/180327