Characterization of Series Arcs in LVdc Microgrids

Zhihao Liu; Aditya Shekhar; Laura Ramirez-Elizondo; Pavol Bauer

doi:10.1109/ICDCM.2017.8001060

Characterization of Series Arcs in LVdc Microgrids

Zhihao Liu, Aditya Shekhar, Laura Ramirez-Elizondo, Pavol Bauer

DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage

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Abstract

This paper provides an empirical study on series arc behavior in low voltage dc microgrids. The response of an R-L-C dc microgrid abstraction towards series arcs is studied experimentally for varying grid inductance, dc voltages, load capacitances and load currents. In order to account for the stochastic nature of arcs, experiments are repeated multiple times under similar conditions to gain statistical significance. Thereby, insight on percentage occurrence and burn time of initiated series arcs is provided. Load side voltage response is studied to gain insight on the expected peak drop and fall time. This empirical evidence was judged to be a necessary requirement in developing a novel series arc extinguishing method from load side power electronic devices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE Second International Conference on DC Microgrids, ICDCM 2017
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	297-301
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-4479-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDCM.2017.8001060
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	ICDCM 2017: 2nd IEEE International Conference on DC Microgrids - Nürnberg, Germany Duration: 27 Jun 2017 → 29 Jun 2017 Conference number: 2

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Conference	ICDCM 2017
Abbreviated title	ICDCM
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Nürnberg
Period	27/06/17 → 29/06/17

Keywords

arc characteristics
arcing
dc arc
dc microgrid
protection
series arc

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