TITLE:
Simulation of Fault Arc Using Conventional Arc Models
AUTHORS:
Ling Yuan, Lin Sun, Huaren Wu
KEYWORDS:
Arc; Arc Flash; Arc Model; Plasma; Power System
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.5 No.4B,
November
11,
2013
ABSTRACT: Conventional arc models are usually used to research the
interaction between switching arc and circuit. It is important to simulate the
fault arc for arc flash calculations, choice of electrical equipments and power
system protection. This paper investigates several conventional arc models for
calculating the fault arcing current. Simulation results show that conventional
arc models can be used to simulate the fault arc if the parameters of arc models
are given properly. This paper provides the parameters of 5 popular arc models
and describes the simulation results of the fault arc.