Experimental Study of Fault Arc Protection Based on UV Pulse Method in High Voltage Switchgear

Abstract Based on the relationship between electrical equipment discharge and ultraviolet radiation, this paper proposed the use of UV pulse method to detect switchgear arcing faults. Switchgear protection system based on this new technique detects arcing faults by analyzing the ultraviolet produced by electric arc. This technique was implemented and tested in laboratory, and the performance of the protection module was verified: it is capable of calculating the number of UV pulses quickly and precisely, which indicates the intensity of fault arc, and therefore it can be applied to arcing faults protection system for detecting faults.