Low voltage modular circuit breakers: FEM employment for modelling of arc chambers
FEM (finite element method) is an essential and powerful numerical method that can explicitly optimize the design process of electrical devices. In this paper, the employment of FEM tools such as SolidWorks, COMSOL and ANSYS is proposed in order to aid electrical apparatuses engineering and modeling...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Polish Academy of Sciences
2020-02-01
|
| Series: | Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journals.pan.pl/Content/115164/PDF/05_61-70_01330_Bpast.No.68-1_28.02.20_K_K.pdf |
| _version_ | 1811314175919521792 |
|---|---|
| author | Ł. Kolimas S. Łapczyński M. Szulborski M. Świetlik |
| author_facet | Ł. Kolimas S. Łapczyński M. Szulborski M. Świetlik |
| author_sort | Ł. Kolimas |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | FEM (finite element method) is an essential and powerful numerical method that can explicitly optimize the design process of electrical devices. In this paper, the employment of FEM tools such as SolidWorks, COMSOL and ANSYS is proposed in order to aid electrical apparatuses engineering and modeling – those are arc chambers of modular circuit breakers. Procured models of arc chambers have been undergoing simulations concerning heating, electric potential distribution, electric charge velocity and traverse paths. The data acquired has been juxta-positioned against experimental data procured in the Short-Circuit Laboratory, Warsaw University of Technology. The reflection of the theoretical approach was clearly noted in the experimental results. Mutual areas of the modeled element expressed the same physical properties and robustness errors when tested under specific conditions – faithfully reflecting those which were experimented with. Moreover, the physical phenomena essential for electrical engineering could be determined already at the model stage. This procedure proved highly valuable during designing/engineering work in terms of material economy. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-13T11:08:23Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-fe420a0ba381498ba80e9b339a3bb003 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2300-1917 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-13T11:08:23Z |
| publishDate | 2020-02-01 |
| publisher | Polish Academy of Sciences |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences |
| spelling | doaj.art-fe420a0ba381498ba80e9b339a3bb0032022-12-22T02:49:13ZengPolish Academy of SciencesBulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences2300-19172020-02-0168No. 16170https://doi.org/10.24425/bpasts.2020.131837Low voltage modular circuit breakers: FEM employment for modelling of arc chambersŁ. KolimasS. ŁapczyńskiM. SzulborskiM. ŚwietlikFEM (finite element method) is an essential and powerful numerical method that can explicitly optimize the design process of electrical devices. In this paper, the employment of FEM tools such as SolidWorks, COMSOL and ANSYS is proposed in order to aid electrical apparatuses engineering and modeling – those are arc chambers of modular circuit breakers. Procured models of arc chambers have been undergoing simulations concerning heating, electric potential distribution, electric charge velocity and traverse paths. The data acquired has been juxta-positioned against experimental data procured in the Short-Circuit Laboratory, Warsaw University of Technology. The reflection of the theoretical approach was clearly noted in the experimental results. Mutual areas of the modeled element expressed the same physical properties and robustness errors when tested under specific conditions – faithfully reflecting those which were experimented with. Moreover, the physical phenomena essential for electrical engineering could be determined already at the model stage. This procedure proved highly valuable during designing/engineering work in terms of material economy.https://journals.pan.pl/Content/115164/PDF/05_61-70_01330_Bpast.No.68-1_28.02.20_K_K.pdfminiature circuit breaker (mcb)finite element method (fem)computational fluid dynamics (cfd)arc chambers |
| spellingShingle | Ł. Kolimas S. Łapczyński M. Szulborski M. Świetlik Low voltage modular circuit breakers: FEM employment for modelling of arc chambers Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences miniature circuit breaker (mcb) finite element method (fem) computational fluid dynamics (cfd) arc chambers |
| title | Low voltage modular circuit breakers: FEM employment for modelling of arc chambers |
| title_full | Low voltage modular circuit breakers: FEM employment for modelling of arc chambers |
| title_fullStr | Low voltage modular circuit breakers: FEM employment for modelling of arc chambers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Low voltage modular circuit breakers: FEM employment for modelling of arc chambers |
| title_short | Low voltage modular circuit breakers: FEM employment for modelling of arc chambers |
| title_sort | low voltage modular circuit breakers fem employment for modelling of arc chambers |
| topic | miniature circuit breaker (mcb) finite element method (fem) computational fluid dynamics (cfd) arc chambers |
| url | https://journals.pan.pl/Content/115164/PDF/05_61-70_01330_Bpast.No.68-1_28.02.20_K_K.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT łkolimas lowvoltagemodularcircuitbreakersfememploymentformodellingofarcchambers AT słapczynski lowvoltagemodularcircuitbreakersfememploymentformodellingofarcchambers AT mszulborski lowvoltagemodularcircuitbreakersfememploymentformodellingofarcchambers AT mswietlik lowvoltagemodularcircuitbreakersfememploymentformodellingofarcchambers |