4.3 - Simulation and optimization of an optical-electrical combination conductor system
- Event
- AMA Conferences 2013
2013-05-14 - 2013-05-16
Nürnberg - Band
- Proceedings OPTO 2013
- Chapter
- O4 - Applications of Optical Measuring Technologies
- Author(s)
- B. Lustermann, M. Viehmann, C. Kloß - Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences (Germany), E. Manske, U. Gerhardt - Ilmenau University of Technology (Germany)
- Pages
- 79 - 84
- DOI
- 10.5162/opto2013/o4.3
- ISBN
- 978-3-9813484-3-9
- Price
- free
Abstract
Over the past few years the innovative optical-electrical combination conductor system CONDUS has been developed and investigated at the Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences. This invention is patented in many countries and opens completely new fields for applications [1].
The principal item of the optical-electrical system CONDUS is a combination of an electrical conductor (e.g. a copper wire) with a coat of an optical polymer (see Figs. 1 und 2). The optical cover of the electric wire enables the immediate detection of arc faults in a single structural component.
The aim of this work is to present a simulation model for such conductors and to use it in order to investigate the influence of different designs, materials and geometries. In particular, the influence of surface roughness and volume scattering of optical materials is studied and compared to experimental data.