Phase Analysis of Series Arc Signals for Low-Voltage Electrical Devices
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Series Arc
3. Experiment and Analysis
3.1. Experimental Setup
3.2. Design of a Series Arc Detection Filter
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- A high-pass filter consists of a capacitor, an inductor and a resistance as C1-L1-R1.
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- Two low-pass filters consist of resistances and capacitors as R2-C3 and R3-C4.
3.3. Phase-Resolved Series Arc (PRSA) Analysis for Low-Voltage Electrical Devices
3.4. Result of PRSA Analysis
4. Algorithm for Load Identification
4.1. Development of the Algorithm
4.2. Case Studies
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Phase | 0°–30° | 30°–60° | 60°–90° | 90°–120° | 120°–150° | 150°–180° | 180°–210° | 210°–240° | 240°–270° | 270°–300° | 300°–330° | 330°–360° | |
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Load | |||||||||||||
Electric heater (%) | 8.5 | 24.9 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 0 | 4 | 7.8 | 23.7 | 7 | 1.3 | 0 | 2.4 | |
PC (%) | 4.7 | 33.8 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 44.1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | |
Refrigerator (%) | 0 | 5.8 | 30.6 | 19.6 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 9 | 30.6 | 0 | 0 | |
Air conditioner (%) | 1.1 | 8.6 | 13.4 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 13.7 | 9.4 | 9 | 10.4 | 5 |
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Ji, H.-K.; Kim, S.-W.; Kil, G.-S. Phase Analysis of Series Arc Signals for Low-Voltage Electrical Devices. Energies 2020, 13, 5481. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13205481
Ji H-K, Kim S-W, Kil G-S. Phase Analysis of Series Arc Signals for Low-Voltage Electrical Devices. Energies. 2020; 13(20):5481. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13205481
Chicago/Turabian StyleJi, Hong-Keun, Sung-Wook Kim, and Gyung-Suk Kil. 2020. "Phase Analysis of Series Arc Signals for Low-Voltage Electrical Devices" Energies 13, no. 20: 5481. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13205481