简介：Acomparativestudyoftheneedle-to-liquidplasmainthecontinuousmodewithDCandACexcitationsisdetailedinthispaper.Allplasmasstudiedhereareshowntobeglowdischarges.Thisstudyisbasedonmeasurementsofseveralkeyparameters,includingelectricalenergy,opticalemissionintensitiesofactivespecies,rotationalandvibrationaltemperatures,andtemperaturesoftheneedleandliquidelectrodes.ACplasmascanproduce1.2～5timeshigherexcitedstateactivespeciesthanDCplasmasunderthesamedissipatedpower.ACexcitedliquidplasmashavethehighestenergyutilizationefficiencyamongthethreesystems(ACexcitedplasmas,DCexcitedplasmaswithwateranodeandDCexcitedplasmaswithwatercathode);mostoftheenergyisusedtoproduceusefulspeciesratherthantoheattheelectrodesandplasmas.

简介：Inthispaper,a3Dmagneto-hydrodynamic(MHD)arcsimulationmodelisappliedtoanalyzethearcmotionduringcurrentinterruptioninacertainaircircuitbreaker(ACB).Thedistributionsofpressure,temperature,gasflowandcurrentdensityofthearcplasmainthearcregionarecalculated,andthefactorsinfluencingthecommutationprocessareanalyzedaccordingtothecalculatedresults.Basedontheairflowinthearcchamber,thecausesofarccommutationasynchronyandthebackcommutationareinvestigated.Itindicatesthatareasonablecontactspacedesigniscrucialtoasuccessfularccommutationprocess.Toverifythesimulationresults,theinfluenceofcontactspaceonarcvoltageandarccommutationistested.ThisresearchcanprovidemethodsandreferencestotheoptimizationofACBdesign.