Hydraulically-activated operating system for an electric circuit breaker
Abstract
This operating system comprises a fluid motor having a piston, a breaker-opening space at one side of the piston, and a breaker-closing space at its opposite side. An accumulator freely communicates with the breaker-opening space for supplying pressurized fluid thereto during a circuit-breaker opening operation. A normally-closed valve located on the breaker-closing-side of the piston is openable to release liquid from the breaker-closing space so that pressurized liquid in the breaker-opening space can drive the piston in an opening direction. Means is provided for restoring the valve to its closed position following the circuit-breaker opening operation. An impeded passage affords communication between the accumulator and the breaker-closing space to allow pressurized liquid to flow from the accumulator to the breaker-closing space and develop a pressure therein substantially equal to accumulator pressure when the valve is restored to closed position following breaker-opening. This passage is so impeded that the flow therethrough from the accumulator into the breaker-closing space is sufficiently low during initial opening motion of the piston through a substantial portion of its opening stroke as to avoid interference with said initial opening motion of the piston.
- Inventors:
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- Secane, PA
- Stanford, CA
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 863416
- Patent Number(s):
- 4166937
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (Philadelphia, PA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01H - ELECTRIC SWITCHES
- DOE Contract Number:
- EX-76-C-01-2065
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- hydraulically-activated; operating; electric; circuit; breaker; comprises; fluid; motor; piston; breaker-opening; space; breaker-closing; opposite; accumulator; freely; communicates; supplying; pressurized; thereto; circuit-breaker; operation; normally-closed; valve; located; breaker-closing-side; openable; release; liquid; drive; direction; means; provided; restoring; closed; position; following; impeded; passage; affords; communication; allow; flow; pressure; therein; substantially; equal; restored; therethrough; sufficiently; initial; motion; substantial; portion; stroke; avoid; interference; breaker-opening space; pressure therein; substantial portion; pressurized liquid; electric circuit; circuit breaker; pressurized fluid; closed position; substantially equal; breaker-closing space; flow therethrough; allow pressurized; normally-closed valve; supplying pressurized; release liquid; freely communicates; fluid motor; closed valve; accumulator freely; /200/218/
Citation Formats
Imam, Imdad, and Barkan, Philip. Hydraulically-activated operating system for an electric circuit breaker. United States: N. p., 1979.
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title = {Hydraulically-activated operating system for an electric circuit breaker},
author = {Imam, Imdad and Barkan, Philip},
abstractNote = {This operating system comprises a fluid motor having a piston, a breaker-opening space at one side of the piston, and a breaker-closing space at its opposite side. An accumulator freely communicates with the breaker-opening space for supplying pressurized fluid thereto during a circuit-breaker opening operation. A normally-closed valve located on the breaker-closing-side of the piston is openable to release liquid from the breaker-closing space so that pressurized liquid in the breaker-opening space can drive the piston in an opening direction. Means is provided for restoring the valve to its closed position following the circuit-breaker opening operation. An impeded passage affords communication between the accumulator and the breaker-closing space to allow pressurized liquid to flow from the accumulator to the breaker-closing space and develop a pressure therein substantially equal to accumulator pressure when the valve is restored to closed position following breaker-opening. This passage is so impeded that the flow therethrough from the accumulator into the breaker-closing space is sufficiently low during initial opening motion of the piston through a substantial portion of its opening stroke as to avoid interference with said initial opening motion of the piston.},
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year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979},
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