Voltage escalation and reignition behavior of vacuum generator circuit breakers during load shedding
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States). Electric Power Engineering Dept.
- ABB High Voltage Technologies Ltd., Zurich (Switzerland)
This paper focuses on multiple reignitions and voltage escalation that may occur during load shedding when vacuum circuit-breakers are used as generator circuit-breakers. The probability of multiple reignitions and voltage escalation is proportional to the arc angle and is very small. However, repeated reignitions and voltage escalation may be observed in vacuum switching devices after opening operations due to their ability to interrupt high frequency currents. The transformer side capacitance and the magnitude of the load shedding play a significant role in developing repeated reignitions and voltage escalation when vacuum circuit breakers are used as generator circuit breakers. Of particular concern is the case when a protective capacitor is connected to the system side of the circuit breaker. Although this capacitor reduces the magnitude of the Transient Recovery Voltage, it decreases the transient frequencies and increases the reignition current that flows through the vacuum circuit breaker after a voltage breakdown. In all the cases under study, the reignition/escalation problems are more severe with the protective capacitor connected to the system for relative low load shedding at short arc angles.
- OSTI ID:
- 477204
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960725--
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 12; ISSN 0885-8977; ISSN ITPDE5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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