{"title":"A study of triggered vacuum switch interrupting capability","authors":"A. E. Novozhilov, I. S. Maslennikova","doi":"10.1109/APEDE.2016.7879047","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The paper describes the results of tests performed to obtain interrupting capability parameters of triggered vacuum switches. The switches used in all tests had sealed-off designs with lengths of the main discharge gaps of about 1 mm. The experimental conditions covered a range of peak currents of 1 to 5 kA with current fall rates up to 5 kA/μs. The upper level of commutated voltage (∼5 kV) was limited by static self-breakdown of the switches. The obtained results demonstrated that stable interruption of pulse vacuum arc and reverse recovery of the switches occurred at the current fall rates under 0.5 kA/μs.","PeriodicalId":231207,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Conference on Actual Problems of Electron Devices Engineering (APEDE)","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2016 International Conference on Actual Problems of Electron Devices Engineering (APEDE)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEDE.2016.7879047","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The paper describes the results of tests performed to obtain interrupting capability parameters of triggered vacuum switches. The switches used in all tests had sealed-off designs with lengths of the main discharge gaps of about 1 mm. The experimental conditions covered a range of peak currents of 1 to 5 kA with current fall rates up to 5 kA/μs. The upper level of commutated voltage (∼5 kV) was limited by static self-breakdown of the switches. The obtained results demonstrated that stable interruption of pulse vacuum arc and reverse recovery of the switches occurred at the current fall rates under 0.5 kA/μs.