Development of a high current HVDC circuit breaker with fast fault clearing capability

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · IEEE Trans. Power Del.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/61.194019· OSTI ID:6799087

Pauli, B; Mauthe, G; Ruoss, E; Ecklin, G ^[1]; Porter, J ^[2]; Vithayathit, J ^[3]

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1. BBC Brown Boveri Ltd., Zurich (CH)
2. Electric Power Research Institute, Washington, DC (US)
3. Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR (US)

Recent years have seen rapid growth in direct current transmission. This growth increases the need and scope of application for a high voltage direct current circuit breaker. Significant improvements have been made in a previously developed 500 kV, 2000A HVdc circuit breaker. These improvements have increased the current interrupting capabilities to 4000A dc and more and have decreased the fault clearing time to the order of ac breakers of similar voltage ratings. The result is a HVdc circuit breaker that is built using well proven ac power system components. It is modular in design so as to be suitable for a wide range of system voltages and energy levels.

• OSTI ID: 6799087
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Power Del.; (United States), Vol. 3:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
CIRCUIT BREAKERS
DESIGN
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ELECTRICAL FAULTS
ENERGY LEVELS
DC SYSTEMS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES
POWER SYSTEMS
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