Abstract:
The invention relates to a medium voltage load break switch. The load break switch comprises a main contact and a knife. The knife is configured to rotate about a pivot point to connect to and be in contact with the main contact and to rotate about the pivot point to disconnect from and be spaced from the main contact. The load break switch also comprises a vacuum interrupter (10). The vacuum interrupter has a fixed contact (11) and a moveable contact (12) that are in a housing of the vacuum interrupter. The main contact is in electrical connection with the fixed contact of the vacuum interrupter. The load break switch also has a lever (20). The lever is configured to rotate about a rotation point (21) of the lever. The main contact is spaced from the lever. A shaft of the moveable contact is aligned along an axis of the vacuum interrupter, and the shaft of the moveable contact is linked to the lever. In a closed configuration of the load break switch the knife is in contact with the main contact and spaced from the lever. In a closed configuration the lever is at a first rotational orientation and the rotation point of the lever is at a first distance from the fixed contact measured in a direction parallel to the axis of the vacuum interrupter and the moveable contact is in contact with the fixed contact, and current can flow through the main contact directly to the knife. Rotation of the knife about its pivot point in a first rotational direction transitions the switch from the closed configuration to a commutation configuration. In the commutation configuration the knife is in contact with the lever and in contact with the main contact, and current can flow through the main contact directly to the knife and flow through the main contact and through the vacuum interrupter to the knife. Rotation of the knife about its pivot point in the first rotational direction transitions the switch from the commutation configuration to an opened configuration. In the opened configuration the knife is spaced from the main contact and spaced from the lever or in contact with the lever. In the opened configuration the lever is in a second rotational orientation and the rotation point of the lever is at a second distance from the fixed contact measured in the direction parallel to the axis of the vacuum interrupter that is greater than the first distance and the moveable contact is spaced from the fixed contact.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a medium voltage circuit breaker in highpressure subsea environment, with a vacuum circuit breaker in a pressure tight housing, according to the preamble of claim 1. In order to create a three phase switchgear for high environmental pressure, like in subsea, which is efficiently protected against this hight high environmental pressure, by fulfilling additionally high switching performance, the invention is, that for an electrical three-phase arrangement, one vacuum circuit breaker per phase is in arranged in a separate pole housing each, and the resulting three pole housings are mounted to a common base compartment, in which all the three drives for the three vacuum circuit breaker are arranged in.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method, decomposition system and assembly for decomposing a fluoroketone, in particular a fluoroketone containing exactly five carbon atoms, into disposable decomposition products. The method comprises the step of bringing an initial gas mixture containing the fluoroketone into contact with a base Bl, the pKa value of the respective conjugate acid being higher than 11. The present invention further relates to a fluoroketone decomposition system for carrying out the method and to an assembly comprising the fluoroketone decomposition system.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a gas insulated switchgear for medium- or highvoltage use, with the use of insulating gases or fluids in a closed housing of a switchgear compartment, wherein the switchgear is using sulfurhexaflouride (SF 6 ) as insulation gas. In order to consider the use of former insulation gases based on experienced and proven use, as well as to preimplement the possibility of using new gas generations, with the same gas-insulated-switchgear arrangement, the invention is that the constructive features of the switchgear are designed as such, that they are overperformed for the use of sulfurhexaflouride (SF 6 ), but already sufficiently performed for the use of eco efficient insulation gas with a mixture of up to 20% fluoroketone C 5 F 10 O and air or oxygen and carbondioxide, wherein a later retrofit or adaption to a swichtgear, filled with eco-efficient insulation gas, e.g. using a mixture of fluorketone and air, only needs the aforesaid gas exchange, without exchanging constructive parts of the switchgear.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a system for monitoring a thermosyphon of a medium voltage switchgear, the thermosyphon comprising an evaporator section (4) an adiabatic section (5) a condenser section (6), wherein the evaporator section is in thermal contact with a conductor (L1, L2, L3, 3) of the switchgear, wherein the adiabatic section links the evaporator section to the condenser section and wherein in use at least some of a working fluid in the thermosyphon is evaporated to a vapor phase (7b) in the evaporator section and flows via the adiabatic section to the condenser section and is condensed in the condenser section to a liquid phase (7a) and returns via the adiabatic section to the evaporator section, and wherein the system for monitoring the thermosyphon comprises: - at least one sensor (T1, T2, T3, P1, P2, P3); and - a processing unit; wherein the at least one sensor is configured to measure temperature data and/or pressure data of the working fluid; wherein the at least one sensor is configured to provide the temperature data and/or the pressure data to the processing unit; and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine that the thermosyphon has a fault based on analysis of the temperature data and/or the pressure data.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a gas insulated switchgear for medium- or highvoltage use, with the use of insulating gases or fluids in a closed housing of a switchgear compartment. In order to consider the use of former insulation gases based on experienced and proven use, as well as to preimplement the possibility of using new gas generations, with the same gas-insulated-switchgear arrangement, the invention is, that for the use of eco efficient gases as insulation gases instead of sulfurhexaflouride (SF6), the switchgear is designed in that way, that the lower dielectric performance of the eco efficient insulating gases is compensated by improved dielectric design with rounded edges, gradings or increased distances between conductors and ground potential.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a medium voltage load break switch. The load break switch comprises a main contact and a knife. The knife is configured to rotate about a pivot point to connect to and be in contact with the main contact and to rotate about the pivot point to disconnect from and be spaced from the main contact. The load break switch also comprises a vacuum interrupter (10). The vacuum interrupter has a fixed contact (11) and a moveable contact (12) that are in a housing of the vacuum interrupter. The main contact is in electrical connection with the fixed contact of the vacuum interrupter. The load break switch also has a lever (20). The lever is configured to rotate about a rotation point (21) of the lever. The main contact is spaced from the lever. A shaft of the moveable contact is aligned along an axis of the vacuum interrupter, and the shaft of the moveable contact is linked to the lever. In a closed configuration of the load break switch the knife is in contact with the main contact and spaced from the lever. In a closed configuration the lever is at a first rotational orientation and the rotation point of the lever is at a first distance from the fixed contact measured in a direction parallel to the axis of the vacuum interrupter and the moveable contact is in contact with the fixed contact, and current can flow through the main contact directly to the knife. Rotation of the knife about its pivot point in a first rotational direction transitions the switch from the closed configuration to a commutation configuration. In the commutation configuration the knife is in contact with the lever and in contact with the main contact, and current can flow through the main contact directly to the knife and flow through the main contact and through the vacuum interrupter to the knife. Rotation of the knife about its pivot point in the first rotational direction transitions the switch from the commutation configuration to an opened configuration. In the opened configuration the knife is spaced from the main contact and spaced from the lever or in contact with the lever. In the opened configuration the lever is in a second rotational orientation and the rotation point of the lever is at a second distance from the fixed contact measured in the direction parallel to the axis of the vacuum interrupter that is greater than the first distance and the moveable contact is spaced from the fixed contact.
Abstract:
Adapter (300) adapted to connect a gas source (100) to a gas-insulated switchgear (500), gas supply system (10) for a gas-insulated switchgear (500), and gas-insulated switchgear. The gas supply system (10) comprises: a gas source (100), an adapter (300), an inlet valve (200) connected to the gas source (100) and connectable to the adapter (300), and an outlet valve (400) connectable to the gas-insulated switchgear (500) and the adapter (300), wherein the inlet valve (200) is adapted to open and/or close a first fluid connection (310) between the adapter (300) and the gas source (100), the outlet valve (400) is adapted to open and/or close a second fluid connection (312) between the adapter (300) and the gas-insulated switchgear (500), and the adapter (300) is configured to receive the inlet valve (200) and the outlet valve (400) so as to establish the first and second fluid connections (310, 312), wherein in a state where the inlet valve (200) is inserted into the adapter (300) to a penetration depth less than a first penetration depth (L1), the inlet valve (200) and the outlet valve (400) are adapted to close the first and second fluid connections (310, 312), in a state where the inlet valve (200) is inserted into the adapter (300) to a penetration depth greater than a second penetration depth (L2), which is greater than the first penetration depth (L1), the inlet valve (200) and the outlet valve (400) are adapted to open the first and second fluid connections (310, 312), and the first and second fluid connections (310, 312) are gas-tight with respect to the environment.