NIU Chunping, QIANG Ruochen, WANG Xiaohua, et al. Simulation of High-voltage Circuit Breaker Contact Resistance via Contact Area Coupling Method[J]. High voltageapparatus, 2015, 51(2): 18-23.
NIU Chunping, QIANG Ruochen, WANG Xiaohua, et al. Simulation of High-voltage Circuit Breaker Contact Resistance via Contact Area Coupling Method[J]. High voltageapparatus, 2015, 51(2): 18-23. DOI: 10.13296/j.1001-1609.hva.2015.02.003.
Simulation of High-voltage Circuit Breaker Contact Resistance via Contact Area Coupling Method
The key issue in thermal analysis of high voltage circuit breakers is the heat due to electric contact. However
as a conventional contact resistance model
the contact bridge structure is difficult in obtaining accurate parameters and is not feasible for the complex multi-contact structure of a high-voltage circuit breaker. In this paper
a novel contact resistance modeling method is proposed. In the method
the establishment of macro geometrical structure like contact bridge is given up
alternatively
some areas on both contact surfaces are coupled together to localize the current in the coupled area. Thus
the shrinking effect of current can be easily achieved via controlling the coupled area and proper contact resistance can be simulated. The validity of the proposed contact area coupling method is proved through the comparison between simulating and real results and further studies. This method may facilitate the process of high-voltage breaker contact model.