Investigation on the Arc Ignition Characteristics and Energy Absorption of Liquid Metal Current Limiter Based on Self-Pinch Effect

JU Xingbao (琚兴宝); SUN Haishun (孙海顺); YANG Zhuo (杨倬); ZHANG Junmin (张俊民)

doi:10.1088/1009-0630/18/5/15

Plasma Science and Technology > 2016 > 18(5): 531-537. > DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/18/5/15

JU Xingbao (琚兴宝), SUN Haishun (孙海顺), YANG Zhuo (杨倬), ZHANG Junmin (张俊民). Investigation on the Arc Ignition Characteristics and Energy Absorption of Liquid Metal Current Limiter Based on Self-Pinch Effect[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2016, 18(5): 531-537. DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/18/5/15

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Investigation on the Arc Ignition Characteristics and Energy Absorption of Liquid Metal Current Limiter Based on Self-Pinch Effect

1 State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Wuhan 430074, China 2 School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China 3 School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

Funds: supported by the Technology Project of State Grid (No. SGSNKYOOKJJS1501564) and the National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2015CB251005)

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Received Date: September 07, 2015

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The GaInSn liquid metal current limiter based on the fluid pinch effect has broad application prospects due to its particular properties. However, the limited rated current and ability of power dissipation are the critical problems for its wide application. Firstly, the temperature distribution of the liquid metal current limiter (LMCL) was obtained by experiments with a rated current of 1 kA and the arc ignition phenomenon was observed with 1.5 kA, which indicates that the rated current is mainly limited by the arc rather than the high temperature compared to the traditional switchgears. Furthermore, an improved method is proposed by adding the paralleled pure resistance, impedance or another LMCL element to protect the setup from the fault energy concentration in the setup. The problem of a slower arc voltage increasing rate can be solved by adding a paralleled impedance with suitable parameters. Finally, the current limiting properties based on the improved method were investigated and the alternating oscillating current was found between two paralleled LMCL elements owing to their deviation of arc ignition in reality.
- arc,
- liquid metal current limiter,
- fluid pinch effect

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