A cost effective battery bank for I sup 2 t testing and evaluation of electrical switchgear
Abstract
This paper describes the electrical design and mechanical construction of a 50 kA step switched'' battery bank. Individual fuses protect each of the forty parallel isolated strings of three series (12 V) batteries. Step current waveforms of 12.5 kA, 25 kA, 37.5 kA, and 50 kA are produced by 8 sets of pneumatically driven 20 pole step switches and current limiting stainless steel trombone'' resistors. Inexpensive, yet conservatively designed, Group 65 Motorcraft car batteries are used to give an I{sup 2}t capability of better than 5 {times} 10{sup 9}. The battery bank has well over 1500 shots, with testing of commercial switchgear continuing. In addition to the battery bank engineering data, results of repetitive testing of vacuum interrupters at their I{sup 2}t limit will be provided. 8 figs.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- DOE/ER
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5453896
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-89-3277; CONF-891007-58
ON: DE90002350; TRN: 89-029903
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 13. international symposium on fusion engineering, Knoxville, TN (USA), 2-6 Oct 1989
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; EVALUATION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; COST; POWER SUPPLIES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; TESTING; 700209* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Component Development & Materials Testing
Citation Formats
Reass, W A. A cost effective battery bank for I sup 2 t testing and evaluation of electrical switchgear. United States: N. p., 1989.
Web. doi:10.1109/FUSION.1989.102179.
Reass, W A. A cost effective battery bank for I sup 2 t testing and evaluation of electrical switchgear. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FUSION.1989.102179
Reass, W A. 1989.
"A cost effective battery bank for I sup 2 t testing and evaluation of electrical switchgear". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/FUSION.1989.102179. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5453896.
@article{osti_5453896,
title = {A cost effective battery bank for I sup 2 t testing and evaluation of electrical switchgear},
author = {Reass, W A},
abstractNote = {This paper describes the electrical design and mechanical construction of a 50 kA step switched'' battery bank. Individual fuses protect each of the forty parallel isolated strings of three series (12 V) batteries. Step current waveforms of 12.5 kA, 25 kA, 37.5 kA, and 50 kA are produced by 8 sets of pneumatically driven 20 pole step switches and current limiting stainless steel trombone'' resistors. Inexpensive, yet conservatively designed, Group 65 Motorcraft car batteries are used to give an I{sup 2}t capability of better than 5 {times} 10{sup 9}. The battery bank has well over 1500 shots, with testing of commercial switchgear continuing. In addition to the battery bank engineering data, results of repetitive testing of vacuum interrupters at their I{sup 2}t limit will be provided. 8 figs.},
doi = {10.1109/FUSION.1989.102179},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5453896},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989}
}