Progress in Plasma Processing of Materials, 1997

ISBN Print: 1-56700-093-2

MODELLING OF INDUSTRIAL AC ARCS

DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1996.990
pages 837-844

Abstract

A simple Channel Arc Model and a more sophisticated Magnetofluiddynamic Model have been developed to simulate high-current AC arcs with emphasis on the arc as a non-linear circuit element and as a heat source for the industrial process.