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500-kV HVDC air-blast circuit breaker. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5344083

This report describes the first HVDC circuit breaker to be tested on a full-scale utility system. Modular in construction to ensure economic feasibility, this breaker has a standard ac air-blast breaker as its main component and interrupts current up to 2200-A dc.

Research Organization:
BBC Brown Boveri, Inc., North Brunswick, NJ (USA)
OSTI ID:
5344083
Report Number(s):
EPRI-EL-4520; ON: TI86920469
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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