TY - GEN
T1 - Mechatronics Arc Generator for Photovoltaic Arc Fault Detector Testing
AU - Ameen, Rawdha
AU - Abdulmawjood, Kais
AU - Abbas, Sakina
AU - Shukri, Sawsan
AU - Khraisheh, Kamal
AU - Alpuerto, Lance
AU - Balog, Robert S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Arcing in photovoltaic (PV) power systems is a significant concern due to the potential for property damage from a PV system fire and personal safety from electrical shock hazard or electrocution if an arc is undetected and left unmitigated. Arc fault detectors are now required by the new National Electric Code and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standard 1699B which was developed to address testing and listing requirements for these devices. One significant challenge that arose in developing the UL1699B standard was the way in which an arc was created to test the arc fault detector. The test needed to faithfully replicate a real-world arcs yet also be scientifically repeatable in the laboratory. While UL standards, test protocols, and test beds exist for AC-system arc fault detectors, arcs in DC systems, particularly PV, are different. This paper reports on the results of a project to develop a DC arc generator (AG) suitable for use in the development and testing of DC arc fault detectors.
AB - Arcing in photovoltaic (PV) power systems is a significant concern due to the potential for property damage from a PV system fire and personal safety from electrical shock hazard or electrocution if an arc is undetected and left unmitigated. Arc fault detectors are now required by the new National Electric Code and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standard 1699B which was developed to address testing and listing requirements for these devices. One significant challenge that arose in developing the UL1699B standard was the way in which an arc was created to test the arc fault detector. The test needed to faithfully replicate a real-world arcs yet also be scientifically repeatable in the laboratory. While UL standards, test protocols, and test beds exist for AC-system arc fault detectors, arcs in DC systems, particularly PV, are different. This paper reports on the results of a project to develop a DC arc generator (AG) suitable for use in the development and testing of DC arc fault detectors.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081604758&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980510
DO - 10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980510
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85081604758
T3 - Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
SP - 1306
EP - 1311
BT - 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019
Y2 - 16 June 2019 through 21 June 2019
ER -