Prediction of Remaining Service Life of Miniature Circuit Breakers Based on Wiener Process

In the operation of a power distribution system, miniature circuit breakers (MCBs) are subjected to the synergistic effect of electrical and mechanical stresses in service, and their operational performance is progressively degraded, which is prone to bring significant losses to the users after fail...

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Main Authors: Lin Ma, Linming Hou, Puquan He, Changxian Wang, Zhenhua Xie, Yao Wang
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author Lin Ma
Linming Hou
Puquan He
Changxian Wang
Zhenhua Xie
Yao Wang
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Linming Hou
Puquan He
Changxian Wang
Zhenhua Xie
Yao Wang
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description In the operation of a power distribution system, miniature circuit breakers (MCBs) are subjected to the synergistic effect of electrical and mechanical stresses in service, and their operational performance is progressively degraded, which is prone to bring significant losses to the users after failures occur. In order to accurately predict the remaining electrical life of MCBs in service, MCB mechanical characterization and dynamic simulation are carried out, and the initial closing angle of MCBs is selected as the degradation characteristic quantity, so as to deeply analyze the evolutionary characteristics of the initial closing angle in the degradation of MCBs and to construct the electrical degradation model of the one-dimensional linear Wiener process in the present study. With the help of the Monte Carlo method, we carry out the electric life simulation analysis to investigate the intrinsic correlation between the degradation of electric performance and the initial closing angle, and we implement the electric life experiment under the 63 A working condition to analyze the dynamic change in the stiffening angle of the test samples. The parameters of the electrical performance degradation model are identified through the synergistic driving of the electrical life simulation data and the experimental data, the remaining electrical life prediction is realized based on the degradation data of the same batch of products, and the maximum prediction error of the proposed method is controlled within 15%.
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spelling doaj-art-e2d9205135d7431b864eaf1ca65acc372025-08-20T03:08:01ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732025-07-011814363910.3390/en18143639Prediction of Remaining Service Life of Miniature Circuit Breakers Based on Wiener ProcessLin Ma0Linming Hou1Puquan He2Changxian Wang3Zhenhua Xie4Yao Wang5Zhejiang Testing & Inspection Institute for Mechanical and Electrical Products Quality Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310051, ChinaQingdao Haier Intelligent Technology Research and Development Co., Ltd., Qingdao 266101, ChinaZhejiang Testing & Inspection Institute for Mechanical and Electrical Products Quality Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310051, ChinaZhejiang Testing & Inspection Institute for Mechanical and Electrical Products Quality Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310051, ChinaZhejiang Testing & Inspection Institute for Mechanical and Electrical Products Quality Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310051, ChinaProvincial and Ministerial Co-Construction Collaborative Innovation Center on Reliability Technology of Electrical Products, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, ChinaIn the operation of a power distribution system, miniature circuit breakers (MCBs) are subjected to the synergistic effect of electrical and mechanical stresses in service, and their operational performance is progressively degraded, which is prone to bring significant losses to the users after failures occur. In order to accurately predict the remaining electrical life of MCBs in service, MCB mechanical characterization and dynamic simulation are carried out, and the initial closing angle of MCBs is selected as the degradation characteristic quantity, so as to deeply analyze the evolutionary characteristics of the initial closing angle in the degradation of MCBs and to construct the electrical degradation model of the one-dimensional linear Wiener process in the present study. With the help of the Monte Carlo method, we carry out the electric life simulation analysis to investigate the intrinsic correlation between the degradation of electric performance and the initial closing angle, and we implement the electric life experiment under the 63 A working condition to analyze the dynamic change in the stiffening angle of the test samples. The parameters of the electrical performance degradation model are identified through the synergistic driving of the electrical life simulation data and the experimental data, the remaining electrical life prediction is realized based on the degradation data of the same batch of products, and the maximum prediction error of the proposed method is controlled within 15%.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/14/3639miniature circuit breakerinitial closing angleremaining life predictionMonte CarloWiener process
spellingShingle Lin Ma
Linming Hou
Puquan He
Changxian Wang
Zhenhua Xie
Yao Wang
Prediction of Remaining Service Life of Miniature Circuit Breakers Based on Wiener Process
Energies
miniature circuit breaker
initial closing angle
remaining life prediction
Monte Carlo
Wiener process
title Prediction of Remaining Service Life of Miniature Circuit Breakers Based on Wiener Process
title_full Prediction of Remaining Service Life of Miniature Circuit Breakers Based on Wiener Process
title_fullStr Prediction of Remaining Service Life of Miniature Circuit Breakers Based on Wiener Process
title_full_unstemmed Prediction of Remaining Service Life of Miniature Circuit Breakers Based on Wiener Process
title_short Prediction of Remaining Service Life of Miniature Circuit Breakers Based on Wiener Process
title_sort prediction of remaining service life of miniature circuit breakers based on wiener process
topic miniature circuit breaker
initial closing angle
remaining life prediction
Monte Carlo
Wiener process
url https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/14/3639
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