an electric current that continues to flow in a device, etc when there is no voltage supply, due to electrons emitted by heat, etc
Examples of 'residual current' in a sentence
residual current
For protection against electric shock in low voltage systems residual current devices are commonly used.
Czapp Stanislaw, Dobrzynski Krzysztof, Klucznik Jacek, Lubosny Zbigniew, Kowalak Robert 2017, 'Improving sensitivity of residual current transformers to high frequency earth faultcurrents', Archives of Electrical Engineeringhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/aee.2017.66.issue-3/aee-2017-0036/aee-2017-0036.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The authors proposed the modification in the structure of residual current devices.
Czapp Stanislaw, Dobrzynski Krzysztof, Klucznik Jacek, Lubosny Zbigniew, Kowalak Robert 2017, 'Improving sensitivity of residual current transformers to high frequency earth faultcurrents', Archives of Electrical Engineeringhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/aee.2017.66.issue-3/aee-2017-0036/aee-2017-0036.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The thermal and electrodynamic risk of residual current devices was analyzed.
Stanisław Czapp, Daniel Kowalak, Kornel Borowski 2014, 'Thermal and Electrodynamic Risk of Residual Current Devices in the Case of Back-UpProtection by Overcurrent Circuit Breakers', Acta Energeticahttp://actaenergetica.org/en/articles/acta-energetica-042014/thermal-and-electrodynamic-risk-of-residual-current-devices-in-the-case-of-back-up-protection-by-overcurrent-circuit-breakers/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Residual current operated circuit breakers without integral overcurrent protection should be back-up protected.
Stanisław Czapp, Daniel Kowalak, Kornel Borowski 2014, 'Thermal and Electrodynamic Risk of Residual Current Devices in the Case of Back-UpProtection by Overcurrent Circuit Breakers', Acta Energeticahttp://actaenergetica.org/en/articles/acta-energetica-042014/thermal-and-electrodynamic-risk-of-residual-current-devices-in-the-case-of-back-up-protection-by-overcurrent-circuit-breakers/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This modification improves sensitivity of residual current devices when high frequency earth fault current occurs.
Czapp Stanislaw, Dobrzynski Krzysztof, Klucznik Jacek, Lubosny Zbigniew, Kowalak Robert 2017, 'Improving sensitivity of residual current transformers to high frequency earth faultcurrents', Archives of Electrical Engineeringhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/aee.2017.66.issue-3/aee-2017-0036/aee-2017-0036.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)