Design of a new model for reducing arcing in the switching of electric circuit breakers

The programmable Arduino circuit boards, which are now widely used in many fields, provide significant advantages in terms of both software and hardware. In addition to developing technology, the usage areas of programmable integrated circuits are changing day by day. Arduino Uno control circuit, a new model has been proposed to extend the life of the electrical circuits by preventing the arcs that occur during the opening or closing operations and thus reducing the damage that may occur in the material. It is known as the main cause of arc formation of circuit breakers to perform opening or cutting operations at high values of voltage. Therefore, in the proposed model, arc formation is prevented by performing opening or cutting operations in the low values of alternating voltage or current (especially in areas at zero crossing points or near these points). Within the scope of the study, tests were conducted for each phase in a similar way for the three-phase system. Numerous attempts have been made by opening or cutting commands at different time periods on the installed prototype circuit. The input and output voltages of the prepared prototype circuit in the digital environment were observed and it was concluded that the control card carries out the switching on or switching off operations at low values of voltage or current without error in the specified tolerance range.