Analysis of Thermal Characteristics of the Electrical Socket-Outlets by Overcurrent 


Vol. 34,  No. 3, pp. 8-14, Jun.  2019
10.14346/JKOSOS.2019.34.3.8


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  Abstract

Many electrical socket-outlet fire accidents take place not only in homes but in the offices each year. The causes are mostly faulty constructions, managerial problems and carelessness. Construction and managerial flaws can be resolved by regular or special inspections, but carelessness is not solvable through inspections. Such carelessness can be related to the consumption capacity of electrical socketoutlets presently, the rated current of electrical socket-outlets is based on 16A. However, even at 16A, the heat generated in the insulator of an electrical socket-outlet varies due to such factors as part damage and environmental conditions of use. To explore this situation, the study conducted an experiment to analyze thermal relationship by applying 10A, 20A, and 30A currents. To secure reliability, the study employed thermal analysis simulation and compared the thermal relationship in the same current value. The experimental and simulation values were found to be similar and therefore, diverse current values were replaced with the simulation. At 30A, the temperature was found to rise to at least 169.9℃ which had worked as a sufficient amount of energy to bring the insulation aging of insulator.

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[IEEE Style]

김두현, 김성철, 김경천, "Analysis of Thermal Characteristics of the Electrical Socket-Outlets by Overcurrent," Journal of the Korean Society of Safety, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 8-14, 2019. DOI: 10.14346/JKOSOS.2019.34.3.8.

[ACM Style]

김두현, 김성철, and 김경천. 2019. Analysis of Thermal Characteristics of the Electrical Socket-Outlets by Overcurrent. Journal of the Korean Society of Safety, 34, 3, (2019), 8-14. DOI: 10.14346/JKOSOS.2019.34.3.8.