Search Results - "2015 IEEE 61st Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts (Holm)"

Foreword by Zhuanke Chen

“…Welcome to 61st IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts. It is my great pleasure and distinct privilege as Chairman of the Holm Conference to welcome all…”
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Breaking performance investigation of hybrid DC circuit breakers: An experimental approach by Bosche, Dirk, Wilkening, Ernst-Dieter, Kopf, Hendrik, Kurrat, Michael

“…Recently, a growing number of DC systems exist, based on the development of electrical energy consumption. For low voltage DC grids, switching devices are…”
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The Armington Recognition Award

“…A short professional biography is prosented for Brett Rickett, the 2015 Armington Recognition awardee…”
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Erle Shobert Prize Paper

“…The Holm Conference Prize Paper Award was established in 1970. At that time, the Conference Steering Committee recognized that at each Conference there was at…”
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HolmAwd

“…The Ragnar Holm Scientific Achievement Award derives its significance and prestige from the scientist whose name it carries. The contributions of Dr. Ragnar…”
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Experimental research on radiated electroma gnetic noise of pantograph arc by Zhiyong Wang, Fengyi Guo, Xili Wang, Yanli Zhang, Baowei Wang, Xiaoming Yan

“…In recent years, with the continuous increasing of electric locomotive running speed, electromagnetic noise of pantograph arc gets more and more serious and…”
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Influences of Contact opening speeds in the range of 0.5 to 200 mm/s on break arc behaviors of AgSnO2 contacts in DC conditions by Hasegawa, Makoto, Sonobe, Hiroya, Ohkawa, Nanami

“…Break operations of DC inductive (L=20mH) currents in the range from about 1 to 10A at 14V were conducted with AgSnO 2 contact pairs under different contact…”
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Influence of opening velocity on various characteristics in DC high voltage Ag break arc by Yoshida, Kiyoshi, Sawa, Koichiro, Suzuki, Kenji, Takaya, Koetsu

“…Recently, the demand to interrupt high DC voltage and current with electrical contacts has risen because of photovoltaic and electric vehicles (EV)…”
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The Large Hadron Collider splices: A dive into the very heart of the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator by Yurtin, John

“…After a brief introduction of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and its main missions, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest…”
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Adaption of the ultrasonic welding technique to the process of joining insulated copper wires with standardized tubular cable lugs by Spreng, Simon, Glassel, Tobias, Franke, Jorg

“…Within the manufacturing of electric drives, the joining of resin insulated copper wires with standardized tubular cable lugs has to be seen as an important…”
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Three-level multi-scale modeling of electrical contacts sensitivity study and experimental validation by Yastrebov, Vladislav A., Cailletaud, Georges, Proudhon, Henry, Mballa Mballa, Frederick S., Noel, Sophie, Teste, Philippe, Houze, Frederic

“…An experimental and numerical study of electrical contact for low currents in sphere-plane set-up is presented. A three-level multi-scale model is proposed. We…”
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A multi-variable parametric study on the performance of bolted busbar contacts by Gatherer, James, Jackson, Robert L.

“…The reliability of bolted joints is a concern for high-powered devices as the generated heat and thermal expansion could loosen the connections over many…”
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Experiment Research on Re-Strike Phenomenon Occurring During High-Voltage Direct-Current Breaking Process Under Transverse Magnetic Field by Xinglei, Cui, Xue, Zhou, Mo, Chen, Kai, Bo, Xiyuan, Peng

“…In high-voltage direct-current relays, transverse magnetic field is widely used to reduce the arc erosion. Experiments showed that re-strike phenomenon always…”
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Numerical methods for detecting DC arc fault in lithium-ion batteries by Augeard, Amaury, Singo, Tchapo, Desprez, Philippe, Abbaoui, M'hammed

“…In this paper, numerical methods to detect series arc fault in lithium-ion batteries are presented. The arc signals which are required for detecting arc fault…”
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Novel materials solutions and simulations for nanoelectromechanical switches by Streller, Frank, Wabiszewski, Graham E., Durham, Daniel B., Fan Yang, Jing Yang, Yubo Qi, Srolovitz, David J., Rappe, Andrew M., Carpick, Robert W.

“…Nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switches are a candidate to replace solid-state transistors due to their low power consumption. However, the reliability of the…”
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Electrical breakdown voltage in micro- and submicrometer contact gaps (100nm - 10µm) in air and nitrogen by Peschot, Alexis, Poulain, Christophe, Bonifaci, Nelly, Lesaint, Olivier

“…In this paper, we present the results of electrical breakdown experiments performed in a contact gap ranging from 100nm to 10μm under air and nitrogen…”
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Fundamental characteristics of arc extinction by magnetic blow-out at DC voltages (<500V) II by Sawa, Koichiro, Tsujimura, Shigeru, Motoda, Shigeki

“…As various DC power supply systems such as photovoltaic power generation, fuel cell and others have become gradually popular, DC current interruption is one of…”
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Modelling of sparking contacts for hazardous area applications by Shekhar, Rajiv, Uber, Carsten

“…An understanding of transient contact sparks and how they interact with electrical systems is of critical importance to hazardous area applications, where such…”
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Dependence of contact weld force on arc energy supplied to contact surface in low voltage switches by Hotta, Katsuki, Inaguchi, Takashi

“…This paper describes a mechanism of contact welding formed by bounce arc upon contact making, based on experiments, theoretic and analytic study. We measured…”
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Recognition of series arc fault based on the Hilbert Huang Transform by Changken Chen, Fengyi Guo, Yanli Liu, Zhiyong Wang, Yanjun Chen, Haihong Liang

“…Series arc fault is a common fault in a power supply system. It could affect the reliability of power supply seriously and even cause safety accidents. A…”
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