EP0483840A2 - Disjoncteur à haute tension - Google Patents

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EP0483840A2
EP0483840A2 EP91118583A EP91118583A EP0483840A2 EP 0483840 A2 EP0483840 A2 EP 0483840A2 EP 91118583 A EP91118583 A EP 91118583A EP 91118583 A EP91118583 A EP 91118583A EP 0483840 A2 EP0483840 A2 EP 0483840A2
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Odd Bendiksen
Thomas Worzyk
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H33/00—High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H33/70—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
    • H01H33/88—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts
    • H01H33/90—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts this movement being effected by or in conjunction with the contact-operating mechanism
    • H01H33/91—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts this movement being effected by or in conjunction with the contact-operating mechanism the arc-extinguishing fluid being air or gas
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H33/00—High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H33/70—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
    • H01H33/88—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts
    • H01H33/90—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts this movement being effected by or in conjunction with the contact-operating mechanism
    • H01H33/904—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts this movement being effected by or in conjunction with the contact-operating mechanism characterised by the transmission between operating mechanism and piston or movable contact

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  • the invention relates to a high-voltage circuit breaker according to the precharacterising part of claim 1.
  • the circuit breaker may be designed in accordance with the self-blast and/or puffer principle.
  • the invention is primarily intended for circuit breakers with rated operating voltages in excess of 100 kV.
  • the reservoir for gas intended for arc extinction consists of two parts, namely a pressure storage chamber, in the following also called the pressure storage volume, and a compression chamber, in the following also called the puffer or auxiliary puffer volume.
  • the two volumes are separated by a nonreturn valve which is closed when the pressure in the pressure storage volume is higher than in the puffer volume.
  • the blast nozzle In a conventional high-voltage circuit breaker according to the self-blasting principle for rated voltages of up to 145 kV, among other things the blast nozzle, the pressure storage chamber and the auxiliary puffer cylinder are mounted on the movable part of the contact system and must thus be accelerated by the operating device.
  • the arcing contacts When changing to a higher rated voltage, for example 245 kV, the arcing contacts must be pulled apart at a higher rate to ensure the dielectric strength. Moving also the blast nozzle, the pressure storage chamber and the auxiliary puffer cylinder at the same speed requires very considerable operating energy.
  • the invention aims at developing a high-voltage circuit breaker of the above-mentioned kind, which also when being used at high voltages need less operating energy and makes possible better dielectric coordination than comparable known designs.
  • the invention suggests a high-voltage circuit breaker according to the introductory part of claim 1, which is characterized by the features of the characterizing part of claim 1.
  • the movable contacts are connected to the operating device via a special link mechanism, which will be described in greater detail below.
  • a speed ratio between the two contact systems may be achieved which alters during the course of the opening movement, whereby great advantages may be obtained.
  • This embodiment permits the movable operating current contact and the movable arcing contact to be accelerated at different times during the opening operation, whereby the maximum force required by the operating device is considerably reduced.
  • the communication between the arc region and the pressure storage chamber takes place through a channel in the blast nozzle.
  • the inlet position of this channel in the pressure storage chamber will be displaced during an opening operation. In this way, a gas mixture which is more favourable for the arc extinction is obtained in the pressure storage chamber.
  • the self-blasting circuit breaker shown in Figure 1 like prior art circuit breakers, comprises a gas-tight breaking chamber housing 1, which at least partially consists of insulating material and which includes a fixed plug-shaped arcing contact 2 and an axially movable sleeve-shaped arcing contact 3.
  • the movable contact 3 is connected to an operating device by way of a tubular contact rod 4 and an insulating pull rod (not shown). With the aid of the operating device, the movable contact may be displaced between the closed position shown to the right in the figure and the open position shown to the left in the figure.
  • the movable contact 3 supports an electrically insulating blast nozzle 5 with an annular channel 6 which connects the region where the arc is burning upon a opening operation to a pressure storage chamber 7, the volume of which is constant.
  • the pressure storage chamber 7 is delimited in the radially inward direction by the blast nozzle 5 and in the radially outward direction by a hollow metal cylinder 8, which also surrounds a compression chamber 9 (the puffer volume).
  • the upper part of the hollow cylinder 8 constitutes the movable operating current contact 10 of the breaker, which contact cooperates with a fixed operating current contact 11.
  • the pressure storage chamber 7 and the compression chamber 9 are coaxially arranged around the movable contact rod 4 and are separated by a wall 12 provided with openings, which are covered by an annular plate 13 serving as a nonreturn valve.
  • This nonreturn valve 13 allows flow only in a direction from the compression chamber 9 to the pressure storage chamber 7.
  • the compression chamber 9 is delimited by a puffer cylinder 14 and an annular, stationary piston 15.
  • the walls of the puffer cylinder consist of the outer hollow cylinder 8, an inner hollow cylinder 16 and the partition wall 12, which interconnects the hollow cylinders 8 and 16.
  • the inner hollow cylinder 16 is connected to the operating device via a pair of pull rods 17.
  • the movable arcing contact 3, the blast nozzle 5 and the contact rod 4 are built together and move at a high speed upon a opening operation.
  • the movable operating current contact 10, the hollow cylinders 8 and 16 with the partition wall 12, which delimit the chambers 7 and 9, and the pull rods 17 move together at a lower speed.
  • the operating device pulls the pull rods 17 which pull along with them the movable operating current contact 10 and the hollow cylinders 8 and 16 at a certain speed (indicated in Figure 1 by one single arrow).
  • the operating device pulls the contact rod 4 at a higher speed so that also the nozzle 5 and the movable arcing contact 3 are pulled downwards at this higher speed (indicated in Figure 1 by a double arrow).
  • the operating current contacts 10 and 11 open first, causing the current to commutate over to the arcing contacts 2 and 3. When the arcing contacts separate thereafter an arc is formed between them.
  • gas from the compression chamber 9 blows through the nonreturn valve 13 and the pressure storage chamber 7 and further through the channel 6 towards the arc which is cooled and extinguished.
  • the pressure storage chamber 7 is fed from the arcing zone with hot gas, the pressure in the pressure storage chamber 7 thus rising.
  • the nonreturn valve 13 is closed such that the piston 15 need not work against this overpressure. Possibly, the puffer cylinder may be relieved through a relief valve in the piston 15.
  • the pressure in the nozzle 5 decreases and the overpressure in the pressure storage chamber 7 drives a flow of arc-extinguishing gas through the channel 6 into the arcing zone for extinction.
  • Figure 2 shows an embodiment in which the different speeds are achieved in, in principle, the same way as in the above-mentioned DE-C-2 946 929 with the aid of toothed wheels 20, the centre pins of which are journalled in the pull rods 17.
  • the operating device pulls the pull rods 17, which pull along with them the movable operating current contact 10, the hollow cylinders 8 and 16 and the toothed wheels 20.
  • the toothed wheels are in engagement with toothed surfaces 21 along the stand of the piston 15 and are thus set in rotary motion.
  • the toothed wheels 20 are in engagement with toothed surfaces 22 on the outside of the hollow contact rod 4 and drive this contact rod 4 at double speed downwards.
  • the speed of the arcing contact 3 is determined by the rated voltage of the circuit breaker. In a breaker according to the invention, however, only parts 3 and 4 and, in this particular example, the nozzle 5 move at the high speed. The other movable parts may move at a lower speed. The operating energy can therefore be reduced compared with known designs, where all movable parts are moving at the speed prescribed by the rated voltage.
  • Another advantage is that the orifice of the channel 6 in the pressure storage chamber 7 changes its position relative to the pressure storage chamber during an opening operation. In that way, a better mixing is obtained of the hot gases flowing into the pressure storage chamber during the high current period and the cold gas which fills the pressure storage chamber from the start. This is an advantage since it has proved that, in case of unfavourable designs with a stationary channel, the same hot gas may be returned for extinction as was blown into the pressure storage chamber during the high current period. This may jeopardize the arc extinction.
  • the ratio between the speeds of the two movable contacts is 2:1.
  • the demands on dielectric strength and low operating energy can be satisfied to an even better extent.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show an improved embodiment of the toothed wheel design shown in Figure 2, in which such a change of the speed ratio during the opening operation is achieved.
  • the shaft pins 23 of the toothed wheels are eccentrically placed and run in slots 24 in the pull rods 17.
  • the main direction of the slots is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the extinguishing chamber.
  • the gear ratio in the gear unit at each time is equal to the ratio between the distances between the pin 23 and the contact surfaces 21, 22 of the tooth against the racks.
  • the path/time curves can be optimized with respect to the demands for dielectric strength and low operating energy.
  • a particularly favourable movement is obtained if the toothed wheels in the closed position of the breaker have a gear ratio of around 1:1 so that both contact systems move at approximately the same speed at the initial stage of an opening operation (Figure 3). Gradually, the gear ratio increases towards a value around 1:2 so that the movable arcing contact reaches its maximum speed immediately after the contact separation ( Figure 4). Later on, when the contacts approach their open positions and the demands on the speed of the arcing contact are not as high, the gear ratio again decreases towards a value around 1:1.
  • Figure 6 shows a link mechanism by which the movement curves shown in Figure 5 can be accomplished.
  • the link mechanism is arranged adjacent to the lower connecting flange 26 of the extinguishing chamber, which flange is located between the extinguishing chamber casing 1 and a support insulator 27.
  • Figure 6 shows the link mechanism in the closed position of the breaker in unbroken lines, as well as in the open position of the breaker in broken lines.
  • the link mechanism comprises two link arms 31, 32 which are rotatably fixed to the flange 26 at points 33 and 34. The link arms are able to rotate in the plane of the drawing.
  • the link arm 31 exhibits a slot 35
  • the link arm 32 exhibits a pin with a roller 36 running in the slot 35.
  • a pull rod 4 is linked to the arm 31 and connects the arm to the movable arcing contact in the breaker.
  • a pull rod 17 is linked to the arm 32 and connects the arm 32 to the movable operating current contact in the breaker.
  • a third pull rod 37 of insulating material is linked to the arm 32 and connects it to the operating device in the bottom part of the support insulator (not shown). The pull rods 4 and 17 are not shown in the open position.
  • the operating device pulls the pull rod 37.
  • the arm 32 rotates around the point 34 and pulls along with it the pull rod 17, which operates the movable operating current contact.
  • the roller 36 runs in the slot 35 such that the arm 31 rotates to a certain extent or not at all at the beginning.
  • the arm 31 starts rotating around the point 33 and pulls along with it the pull rod 4, which operates the movable arcing contact.
  • the shape of the slot causes the speed of the rotary movement of the arm 31 at the end of the operation to be reduced whereas the arm 32 continues to rotate at full speed until the breaker has reached its open position.
  • Figures 7a-7d show the mutual positions of the movable contact systems at different times during an opening operation with a breaker which is provided with the link mechanism shown in Figure 6.
  • Figure 7a shows the closed position of the circuit breaker.
  • Figure 7b shows the position at the moment when the arcing contacts 2, 3 separate (point C in Fig. 5).
  • Figure 7c shows the position 14 ms after the opening moment of the arcing contacts. In this position, the injection of pressurized gas takes place at the very back of the pressure storage volume.
  • Figure 7d finally shows the open position of the breaker.
  • FIG. 8 differs from that shown in Figure 1 substantially in that the blast nozzle 5 is built together with the pressure storage chamber 7 arid in that the fixed arcing contact 2 is sleeve-shaped and the movable arcing contact 3 is plug-shaped. With the aid of an operating device, the movable contacts 3, 10 may be displaced between the closed position shown in Figure 8a and the open position shown in Figure 8b.
  • the operating device pulls the pull rods 17 which pull along with them the movable operating current contact 10, the blast nozzle 5 and the hollow cylinders 8 and 16 with the partition wall 12, which delimit the chambers 7 and 9, downwards at a certain speed (indicated in Fig. 8a by one single arrow).
  • the operating device pulls the contact rod 4 at a higher speed such that also the movable arcing contact 3 is pulled downwards at this higher speed (indicated in Fig. 8a by a double arrow).
  • the embodiment shown in Figure 8 has the advantage compared with the embodiment shown in Figure 1 that a still smaller mass need be accelerated to a high speed.
  • the drive force from the operating device can be transmitted to the link arms 31, 32 through a rotating shaft to point 33 or 34 or through a pull rod which is connected to the link arm 31, in which case the configuration of the slot 35 should be changed accordingly.

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EP0744759A1 (fr) * 1995-05-24 1996-11-27 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Disjoncteur pour haute tension avec chambre de réchauffement fixe
DE19849295C2 (de) * 1998-10-16 2000-09-21 Siemens Ag Hochspannungsleistungsschalter mit einer Isolierstoffdüse
EP2402969A1 (fr) 2010-07-01 2012-01-04 Alstom Grid SAS Chambre de coupure pour disjoncteur à moyenne ou haute tension à énergie de manoeuvre réduite
WO2012155952A1 (fr) * 2011-05-13 2012-11-22 Abb Technology Ag Disjoncteur de type à isolation gazeuse à double mouvement
WO2014114483A1 (fr) * 2013-01-22 2014-07-31 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Ensemble de coupure
EP3761336A1 (fr) * 2019-07-05 2021-01-06 Fritz Driescher KG Spezialfabrik für Elektrizitätswerksbedarf GmbH & Co. Chambre d'extinction blindée
CN118173413A (zh) * 2024-05-10 2024-06-11 昆山盛英电气有限公司 一种断路器紧急保护装置及高压配电柜

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EP0744759A1 (fr) * 1995-05-24 1996-11-27 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Disjoncteur pour haute tension avec chambre de réchauffement fixe
DE19849295C2 (de) * 1998-10-16 2000-09-21 Siemens Ag Hochspannungsleistungsschalter mit einer Isolierstoffdüse
EP2402969A1 (fr) 2010-07-01 2012-01-04 Alstom Grid SAS Chambre de coupure pour disjoncteur à moyenne ou haute tension à énergie de manoeuvre réduite
FR2962252A1 (fr) * 2010-07-01 2012-01-06 Areva T & D Sas Chambre de coupure pour disjoncteur a moyenne ou haute tension a energie de manœuvre reduite
WO2012155952A1 (fr) * 2011-05-13 2012-11-22 Abb Technology Ag Disjoncteur de type à isolation gazeuse à double mouvement
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WO2014114483A1 (fr) * 2013-01-22 2014-07-31 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Ensemble de coupure
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EP3761336A1 (fr) * 2019-07-05 2021-01-06 Fritz Driescher KG Spezialfabrik für Elektrizitätswerksbedarf GmbH & Co. Chambre d'extinction blindée
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SE9003509L (sv) 1992-05-03
EP0483840B1 (fr) 1995-08-30
SE9003509D0 (sv) 1990-11-02
SE467431B (sv) 1992-07-13
EP0483840A3 (en) 1993-03-17

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