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    The document discusses simulations of a moving arc in SF6 gas using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. It analyzes an arc moving between parallel rail electrodes in SF6 gas at 3 bar due to magnetic fields. Results allow determining the arc velocity and comparing it to analytical estimations, and discuss main forces and dominant power contributions with a focus on the impact of lateral blowing.

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    The document discusses simulations of a moving arc in SF6 gas using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. It analyzes an arc moving between parallel rail electrodes in SF6 gas at 3 bar due to magnetic fields. Results allow determining the arc velocity and comparing it to analytical estimations, and discuss main forces and dominant power contributions with a focus on the impact of lateral blowing.

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    The document discusses simulations of a moving arc in SF6 gas using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. It analyzes an arc moving between parallel rail electrodes in SF6 gas at 3 bar due to magnetic fields. Results allow determining the arc velocity and comparing it to analytical estimations, and discuss main forces and dominant power contributions with a focus on the impact of lateral blowing.

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    MHD SIMULATIONS OF A MOVING ARC IN SF6 GAS

    S. Kosse, M. Wendt, D. Uhrlandt, and K.-D. Weltmann


    Institute for Low-Temperature Plasma Physics (INP),
    Felix-Hausdorff St. 2,
    D-1 7489 Greifswald, Germany

    Ch. Franck
    ABB Switzerland Ltd., Corporate Research, Im Segelhof 1,
    CH 5405 Baden-Dattwil, Switzerland

    Arcs moving due to Lorentz forces in gases in the range from


    normal to high pressure are used in several technical
    applications. Examples are low voltage switches, high current
    breakers as well as plasma torches. Here, the additional
    power dissipation caused by the lateral blowing is of interest.
    Previous computer simulations of high pressure arcs mostly
    treat hydrodynamic equations in 2D or even ID coupled with
    electromagnetic equations in some cases only.
    A time-dependent 3D simulation solving the MHD equation
    system is applied here to study the behavior of a moving
    high-pressure arc in more detail. As an example, an arc in
    SF6 gas at 3 bar moving on parallel rail electrodes due to
    own magnetic field is analyzed. Thermal equilibrium is
    assumed. Recalculated data for radiation absorption and
    composition in SF6 are applied. The thermodynamic
    properties have been determined by self-consistent kinetic
    models. The arc model has been implemented into a
    commercial fluid dynamics package which solves the Navier-
    Stokes equations and Maxwell's equations.
    Results allow the determination of the arc velocity and a
    comparison with analytical estimations. In addition, main
    forces in the momentum balance and dominant contributions
    in the power balance are discussed focusing on the impact of
    the lateral blowing.

    1-4244-0914-4/07/$25.00 ©2007 IEEE.

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