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Circuit breakers go high voltage
- Source :
- IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. 7:34-40
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2009.
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Abstract
- Over the last 50 years, high-voltage circuit breakers have become more reliable, more efficient, and more compact because the interrupting capability per break has been increased dramatically. These developments have not only produced major savings, but they have also had a massive impact on the layout of substations with respect to space requirements. New types of SF6 interrupting chambers, which implement innovative interrupting principles, have been developed during the last three decades with the objective of reducing the operating energy of the circuit breaker. This has led to reduced stress and wear of the mechanical components and consequently to an increased reliability of circuit breakers. Service experience shows that the expectations of the designers, with respect to reliability and day-to-day operation, have been fulfilled.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
business.industry
Electrical engineering
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
High voltage
Operating energy
Mechanical components
Reliability engineering
Service experience
Reliability (semiconductor)
Space requirements
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
business
Prospective short circuit current
Circuit breaker
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15407977
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IEEE Power and Energy Magazine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b882e121b1f24aba50b026ef55dfc1a9