Determination Method of Contact Ablation Degree of Power System Circuit Breaker Based on Power Load Property

Abstract

In the field of electrical engineering, the stable operation of circuit breaker is one of the important indexes to ensure the safety and stability of power system. Because the influence of load property on electromagnetic wave waveform is not considered, the method to determine the ablation degree of circuit breaker by using the characteristics of radiated electromagnetic wave is not completely accurate. Therefore, this paper proposes a method to determine the ablation degree of circuit breaker considering the load properties. By adding load factor, the ablation degree of circuit breaker contact can be determined more accurately. When the load is resistive load, the load factor is 1, when the load is inductive load, the load factor is 2.5, when the load is capacitive load, the load factor is 3. When the duration of the radiated electromagnetic wave exceeds the corresponding time, it can be judged that the contact is seriously ablated. The method proposed in this paper mainly uses electrical detection means to realize the rapid determination of the ablation degree of the circuit breaker contact and avoid the misjudgment caused by not considering the nature of the load.