ISSN:
1089-7623
Quelle:
AIP Digital Archive
Thema:
Physik
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Elektrotechnik, Elektronik, Nachrichtentechnik
Notizen:
A mechanical arcless dc circuit breaker is proposed and has been constructed. A rectifying device is used to block the reverse current of the breaker, allowing the breaker to open under zero current condition created by the discharge of a commutation circuit. A diode and a saturable reactor are used as the rectifying device, with a leakage current of ∼1 and ∼10 A, respectively. The duration of mechanical motion is about 20 ms, and its jitter is 2 ms, which is too long to make an economical system using a commutation capacitor. In order to avoid the dead time, the commutation circuit is started after the breaker kicks in and the final jitter is reduced to 20 μs. Arcless current interruption is achieved at 10 kA and 9.1 kV. Since a strong arc plasma is not generated between the contacts, a long lifetime of the breaker can be expected and a disconnecting switch can be used instead of a circuit breaker, reducing the size of the switch. These characteristics of the new breaker can be expanded for many applications.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1143252
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