WANG Lijun, LYU Wenqing, MA Xinyou, et al. Temperature Rise Experiment and Simulation Research on 12 kV Switchgear Cabinet Under Contact Fault Conditions[J]. High Voltage Apparatus, 2026, 62(7): 112-121.
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WANG Lijun, LYU Wenqing, MA Xinyou, et al. Temperature Rise Experiment and Simulation Research on 12 kV Switchgear Cabinet Under Contact Fault Conditions[J]. High Voltage Apparatus, 2026, 62(7): 112-121.DOI: 10.13296/j.1001-1609.hva.2026.07.011.
Temperature Rise Experiment and Simulation Research on 12 kV Switchgear Cabinet Under Contact Fault Conditions
Medium voltage switchgear cabinet is an important protection equipment in power system
and excessive temperature rise is one of the frequent faults during its operation. In this paper the 12 kV medium-voltage switchgear cabinet is taken as the research object to carry out temperature rise experiments and simulations
and study the temperature rise characteristics of the switchgear cabinet in the contact failure of the tulip contact
the moving and the fixed contact in the vacuum interrupter. Also
in this paper the influence of fan activation on temperature rise of various parts switchgear cabinet
as well as the influence of conatct pressure
contact method and contact material on the temperature rise of the switchgear are analyzed. The research results show that the cooling effect of the fan is remarkable
and the temperature rise of the upper fixed contact is greatly affected by the fan. Due to the wear of the silver plating layer
the contact falure of tulip contact by spring fatigue on both sides of the tulip contact and the reduction of the effective contact finger can cause the temperature rise of the switchgear cabinet to increase.The highest temperature point is located in the the position of vacuum interrupter contac and
however
the temperature rise increase of each part is different. When the contact pressure is reduced
different contact methods and contact materials have different influence on the contact resistance
so the spring fracture on the tulip contact circuit breaker side is greater than the temperature rise increase caused by the busbar side. When the contact pressure at the moving and fixed contacts decreases
the temperature rise increaseat the fault site increases most significantly and the above characteristics can provide a reference for preliminary judgment of the fault position. This research can provide theoretical reference for optimal design of switchgear cabinet and safe operation of power system.
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