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On Determination of Arc Currents in Three-Phase Single-Chamber Plasma Generators

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Two methods of determining the arc currents in three-phase single-chamber alternating-current generators are presented. In the first method, the current traversing one of the electrode spacings in a three-phase network is disregarded. The second method is based on the consideration of the general mechanisms of the gas flows around arcs. In this method, the volt-ampere characteristic of an arc discharge is constructed from the calculated values of the voltage drop across the arc that are closest to the measured values of this drop.

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  1. Institute of Electrophysics and Electric Power Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, 18 Dvortsovaya Nab., St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia

    V. B. Kovshechnikov, G. G. Antonov, A. A. Ufimtsev & A. V. Surov

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 694–699, May–June, 2014.

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Kovshechnikov, V.B., Antonov, G.G., Ufimtsev, A.A. et al. On Determination of Arc Currents in Three-Phase Single-Chamber Plasma Generators. J Eng Phys Thermophy 87, 715–720 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-014-1064-7

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