Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a gas-insulated high or medium voltage circuit breaker (100) including a first arcing contact (101) and a second arcing contact (103), wherein at least one of the two arcing contacts is axially movable including a first and a second state of motion along a switching axis (140), wherein during a breaking operation, an arc between the first arcing contact and the second arcing contact is formed in an arcing region; a nozzle (110) including a channel (112) directed to the arcing region, for blowing an arc-extinguishing gas to the arcing region during the breaking operation; a diffuser adjacent to the nozzle, for transporting the gas from the arcing region to a region downstream of the diffuser; a buffer volume (170) directly downstream of the diffuser, and an enclosure (120) substantially surrounding the buffer volume (170) circumferentially, wherein the enclosure includes an inner enclosure portion (123) and a coaxially arranged outer enclosure portion (121), wherein at least one of the inner portion and the outer portion is movable relative to the other one; and a first aperture (127) provided on a surface of the inner enclosure portion and a second aperture (125) provided on a surface of the outer enclosure portion, such that a through opening is providable through the enclosure (120), wherein in the first state of motion during a breaking operation the through opening is blocked, as to prevent the gas from being released from the buffer volume (170) to a volume outside (180) of the enclosure (120); and in the second state of motion, the first aperture (127) and the second aperture (125) overlap, such that the overlap of the first aperture and the second aperture provides the through opening for the gas to be partially released from the buffer volume (170) to the volume outside (180) of the enclosure.
Abstract:
Radiator (2) for a transformer (1), the radiator (2) comprising a plurality of radiator panels with at least a first and a second radiator panel (3), wherein the first and the second radiator panels (3) extend in a substantially vertical direction, and each of the plurality of radiator panels (3) has a bottom edge (5), wherein the first and the second radiator panel (3) form an air duct (6) providing a gap there-between having a width of smaller than 90 mm, and wherein the bottom edge (5) of the first radiator panel (3) is located at a lower vertical height position than the bottom edge (5) of the second radiator panel (3), wherein the first radiator panel (3) is located at a side of the radiator panel that is adapted to be attached to a transformer in such a manner that the first radiator panel and a side of the transformer form a transformer air duct wherein the bottom edge (5) of the second radiator panel (3) is located at a larger height position than the bottom edge (5) of the first radiator panel (3) and wherein the radiator panels have an aspect ratio greater than 8 of a depth of the radiator panel over a width of the air duct.
Abstract:
A gas-insulated high-voltage switching device (1) is provided, which includes an arcing contact arrangement (5) having a first arcing zone member (30) and a second arcing zone member (20) that are movable relative to one another along an axis (B). An auxiliary nozzle (40) surrounds at least a part of a second arcing contact unit (21) and has an auxiliary nozzle throat (42) having an axial extension and allowing passage at least of an end of the first arcing contact unit (31). A main nozzle throat (52) has an axial extension sideways of the auxiliary nozzle throat (42) and allows passage at least of the end of the first arcing contact unit (31). A cross-sectional area of the main nozzle throat (52) is substantially decreasing in the direction away from the auxiliary nozzle throat (42) so as to form a substantially converging duct for the flow of an arc-extinguishing gas.
Abstract:
A gas-insulated low- or medium-voltage load break switch (1) comprises: a housing (2) defining a housing volume for holding an insulation gas at an ambient pressure; a first arcing contact (10) and a second arcing contact (20) arranged within the housing volume, the first and second arcing contacts (10, 20) being movable in relation to each other along an axis (12) of the load break switch (1) and defining a quenching region (52) in which an arc (50) is formed during a current breaking operation; a pressurizing system (40) having a pressurizing chamber (42) arranged within the housing volume for pressurizing a quenching gas from an ambient pressure p 0 to a quenching pressure p quench during the current breaking operation; and a nozzle system (30) arranged within the housing volume for blowing the pressurized quenching gas in a subsonic flow pattern from the pressurization chamber (42) onto the arc (50) formed in the quenching region (52) during the current breaking operation. The nozzle system (30) comprises at least one nozzle (33) arranged for blowing the quenching gas from an off-axis position predominantly radially inwardly onto the quenching region (52).
Abstract:
The gas-insulated HV switching device comprises a contact arrangement with two arcing contacts, one of which being designed as a contact tulip (21), an auxiliary nozzle (40) enclosing at least partially the contact tulip (21) and a tubular electrostatic shield (42), which protrudes along an axis (A) beyond a free end of the contact tulip (21). In order improve the switching performance of the switching device the tubular electrostatic shield (42) is electrically connected to the contact tulip (21) and is integrated in an electrical circuit comprising a current limiter (resistors 43, 44) and extending from the shield (42) through the current limiter to an end of the contact tulip (21) which is arranged opposite its free end.
Abstract:
A gas-insulated low- or medium-voltage load break switch (1) comprises: a housing (2) defining a housing volume for holding an insulation gas at an ambient pressure; a first arcing contact (10) and a second arcing contact (20) arranged within the housing volume, the first and second arcing contacts (10, 20) being movable in relation to each other along an axis (12) of the load break switch (1) and defining a quenching region (52) in which an arc (50) is formed during a current breaking operation; a pressurizing system (40) having a pressurizing chamber (42) arranged within the housing volume for pressurizing a quenching gas from an ambient pressure p 0 to a quenching pressure p quench during the current breaking operation; and a nozzle system (30) arranged within the housing volume for blowing the pressurized quenching gas in a subsonic flow pattern from the pressurization chamber (42) onto the arc (50) formed in the quenching region (52) during the current breaking operation. The nozzle system (30) comprises at least one nozzle (33) arranged for blowing the quenching gas from an off-axis position predominantly radially inwardly onto the quenching region (52).
Abstract:
A gas-insulated low- or medium-voltage load break switch includes: a housing defining a housing volume for holding an insulation gas at an ambient pressure; a first arcing contact and a second arcing contact arranged within the housing volume, the first and second arcing contacts being movable in relation to each other along an axis of the load break switch and defining a quenching region in which an arc is formed during a current breaking operation; a pressurizing system having a pressurizing chamber arranged within the housing volume for pressurizing a quenching gas from an ambient pressure p0 to a quenching pressure pquench during the current breaking operation; and a nozzle system arranged within the housing volume for blowing the pressurized quenching gas in a subsonic flow pattern from the pressurization chamber onto the arc formed in the quenching region during the current breaking operation. The nozzle system includes at least one nozzle arranged for blowing the quenching gas from an off-axis position predominantly radially inwardly onto the quenching region.
Abstract:
A gas-insulated high-voltage switching device which includes an arcing contact arrangement having a first arcing zone member and a second arcing zone member that are movable relative to one another along an axis. An auxiliary nozzle surrounds at least a part of a second arcing contact unit and has an auxiliary nozzle throat having an axial extension and allowing passage at least of an end of the first arcing contact unit. A main nozzle throat has an axial extension sideways of the auxiliary nozzle throat and allows passage at least of the end of the first arcing contact unit. A cross-sectional area of the main nozzle throat is substantially decreasing in the direction away from the auxiliary nozzle throat so as to form a substantially converging duct for the flow of an arc-extinguishing gas.