Hybrid high direct current circuit interrupter
Patent
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OSTI ID:871777
- N. Huntingdon, PA
- McMurray, PA
- Bethel Park, PA
A device and a method for interrupting very high direct currents (greater than 100,000 amperes) and simultaneously blocking high voltages (greater than 600 volts). The device utilizes a mechanical switch to carry very high currents continuously with low loss and a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) to bypass the current around the mechanical switch while its contacts are separating. A commutation circuit, connected in parallel with the SCR, turns off the SCR by utilizing a resonant circuit to divert the SCR current after the switch opens.
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5793586
- OSTI ID:
- 871777
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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voltages
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