Deprecated: The each() function is deprecated. This message will be suppressed on further calls in /home/zhenxiangba/zhenxiangba.com/public_html/phproxy-improved-master/index.php on line 456
EP0160853B2 - Compressed-gas circuit breaker - Google Patents
[go: Go Back, main page]

EP0160853B2 - Compressed-gas circuit breaker - Google Patents

Compressed-gas circuit breaker Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP0160853B2
EP0160853B2 EP19850104380 EP85104380A EP0160853B2 EP 0160853 B2 EP0160853 B2 EP 0160853B2 EP 19850104380 EP19850104380 EP 19850104380 EP 85104380 A EP85104380 A EP 85104380A EP 0160853 B2 EP0160853 B2 EP 0160853B2
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
chamber
openings
gas circuit
compressed gas
switch
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
EP19850104380
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP0160853A2 (en
EP0160853B1 (en
EP0160853A3 (en
Inventor
Friedrich Dr. Pinnekamp
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
BBC Brown Boveri AG Switzerland
Original Assignee
BBC Brown Boveri AG Switzerland
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Family has litigation
First worldwide family litigation filed litigation Critical https://patents.darts-ip.com/?family=4229202&utm_source=google_patent&utm_medium=platform_link&utm_campaign=public_patent_search&patent=EP0160853(B2) "Global patent litigation dataset” by Darts-ip is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Application filed by BBC Brown Boveri AG Switzerland filed Critical BBC Brown Boveri AG Switzerland
Publication of EP0160853A2 publication Critical patent/EP0160853A2/en
Publication of EP0160853A3 publication Critical patent/EP0160853A3/en
Publication of EP0160853B1 publication Critical patent/EP0160853B1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP0160853B2 publication Critical patent/EP0160853B2/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H33/00High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H33/70Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
    • H01H33/98Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being initiated by an auxiliary arc or a section of the arc, without any moving parts for producing or increasing the flow

Definitions

  • the invention is based on a compressed gas switch according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • the invention relates to a prior art of pressure gas switches, as described in FR-A-23 85 214.
  • a pressure gas switch with a pressure chamber 22 can be seen from FIG. 10 of FR 23 85 214 A1.
  • the pressure chamber contains, in a coaxial arrangement, two toroidal chambers 9, 10 which are separated from one another by a cylindrical wall carrying a fixed contact 3.
  • the lower end of the chamber 10 is connected to an arc chamber which receives the switching arc when it is switched off and its upper end is connected to the upper end of the chamber 9 via openings 11 in the wall.
  • the lower end of the chamber 9 opens into an annular gap 8 which is delimited by the lower end of the wall and an outflow guide 23 and which is closed in the switched-on state and at the beginning of the switching-off process by a movable contact 4 with respect to the arc chamber.
  • the quenching gas heated by the switching arc therefore initially flows exclusively into the chamber 9 via the chamber 10 and the openings 11.
  • the contact 4 provided for carrying the nominal current is exposed to the oxidizing and corrosive effect of the hot gases led from the arc chamber through the chamber 10.
  • the invention solves the problem of specifying a gas pressure switch of the general type in which the extinguishing gas used for dielectric re-consolidation of the switching path is available at the end of the high current phase at a gas temperature which is considerably lower than the temperature of the heated extinguishing gas, saving on a compression device.
  • the compressed gas switch according to the invention is characterized in that the heated extinguishing gas and the cool extinguishing gas stored in the heating chamber before the switching process are mixed almost optimally, so that sufficiently cooled extinguishing gas is available for the dielectric reconsolidation of the switching path after the zero current passage.
  • a heating chamber which is advantageous for cost considerations and design reasons and which extends predominantly in the axial direction.
  • the single figure shows a plan view of a compressed gas switch designed according to the invention and cut along its contact piece axis.
  • the pressure gas switch designed according to the invention is shown in the left part in the switched-on position. on the other hand, in the right part during switching off.
  • a housing filled with an extinguishing gas such as sulfur hexafluoride at a pressure of a few bar
  • an extinguishing gas such as sulfur hexafluoride at a pressure of a few bar
  • a switching piece 2 designed as a fixed nozzle tube, into which a movable, fully cylindrical switching piece 3 is inserted in the switched-on position.
  • the switching piece 3 passes through an opening (not designated) of an insulating material body 4 which is designed as a nozzle and which is attached to the switching piece 2.
  • the heating chamber 5 In the insulating body 4 there is a heating chamber 5 surrounding the switching pieces 2 and 3 in a toroidal shape, which is delimited on the inside by the switching piece 2 and has an annular gap 6 between the insulating body 4 and the upper end of the switching piece 2, which in the switched-on position by the switching piece 3 is separated from the inside of the switching piece 2.
  • the heating chamber has an extension L in the axial direction which is several times greater than its depth D in the radial direction.
  • the chamber 8 is enclosed by the chamber 9 and is connected to it via openings 10 in the partition 8.
  • the chamber 8 has a comparatively small depth in the radial direction and opens into the annular gap 6.
  • the openings 10 are arranged in circles running azimuthally about the contact piece axis, the center distances of which from one another in the axial direction are approximately the depth d extending in the radial direction correspond to the external chamber 9.
  • this switch When switching off (right part of the figure), the switching piece 3 is moved upwards. As soon as switching elements 2 and 3 separate, a switching arc 11 forms between them. In the high current phase, the switching arc heats up the extinguishing gas located in the switching path between switching elements 2 and 3, causing its pressure to rise. The heated extinguishing gas of high pressure flows through the annular gap 6, which is comparatively large compared to the opening of the switching element 2, into the heating chamber 5 and is guided there in the chamber 8 along the partition wall 7 to the upper and lower ends of the chamber 8 delimited by the insulating body 4.
  • the flow cross-section of the chamber 8 designed as an annular channel need not be larger than the flow cross-section of the annular gap 6, since it is then generally ensured that the flow of the heated extinguishing gas represented by arrows takes place essentially without resistance.
  • a particularly favorable course of the flow is achieved when the radial depth of the first chamber 8 at least partially decreases in the axial direction from the mouth of the annular gap 6.
  • the annular gap 6 acting as the inlet opening of the heating chamber 5 is approximately the same distance from the upper and removed the lower end of the heating chamber 5 or the chamber 8, the flow cross section of the chamber 8 can even be kept considerably smaller than the flow cross section of the annular gap 6, since in this case the extinguishing gas flow is divided into two approximately equal partial flows, which are along the Move partition 7 towards the top and bottom of chamber 8.
  • the heated extinguishing gas guided along the partition 7 mixes only insignificantly with the cool extinguishing gas located in the chamber 8 and urges it essentially through the openings 10 into the outer chamber 9.
  • the openings 10 are dimensioned so that the pressure equalization between the chambers 8 and 9 occurs very quickly even when the extinguishing gas is heated up strongly as a result of high currents to be interrupted. Accordingly, it is generally sufficient if the partition 7 is at most a few millimeters thick.
  • a favorable distribution of the inflowing heated extinguishing gas is achieved when the flow cross section of the openings 10 arranged on an azimuthally extending around the cylinder axis is approximately equal to the flow cross section of the chamber 8 at the axial position of the chamber 8 assigned to this circle.
  • the heated extinguishing gas flows through the openings 10 into the chamber 9, where it mixes with the extinguishing gas located there before the pressure equalization.
  • mixture boundaries 12, 13 and 14 between cool and mixed extinguishing gas migrate into the chamber 9 from the openings 10.
  • the openings located on azimuthally running around the cylinder axis can be evenly spaced from each other, but can also be designed as a gap running azimuthally around the cylinder axis.
  • the partition 10 can then be fastened by means of webs extending radially outwards to the wall of the insulating body 4 which limits the heating chamber 5 to the outside.
  • the cooled, quenching gas mixed in the chamber 9 flows through the openings 10 via the ring channel-like chamber 8 and the ring channel 6 back into the switching path and interrupts the arc 11.
  • the quality of the quenching gas acting on the switching path is thereby further improved that when it flows out of the openings 10 there is an additional mixing with the unmixed and therefore hot quenching gas located in the chamber 8.

Landscapes

  • Circuit Breakers (AREA)

Description

Bei der Erfindung wird ausgegangen von einem Druckgasschalter nach dem Oberbegriff von Patentanspruch 1.The invention is based on a compressed gas switch according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

Mit diesem Oberbegriff nimmt die Erfindung auf einen Stand der Technik von Drukgasschaltern Bezug, wie er in der FR-A-23 85 214 beschrieben ist.With this preamble, the invention relates to a prior art of pressure gas switches, as described in FR-A-23 85 214.

Aus Fig. 10 von FR 23 85 214 A1 ist ein Druckgasschalter mit einer Druckkammer 22 entnehmbar. Die Druckkammer enthält in koaxialer Anordnung zwei torusförmige Kammern 9, 10, welche durch eine einen feststehenden Kontakt 3 tragende, zylinderförmige Wand voneinander getrennt sind. Die Kammer 10 ist mit ihrem unteren Ende mit einem beim Ausschalten den Schaltlichtbogen aufnehmenden Lichtbogenraum und mit ihrem oberen Ende über Öffnungen 11 in der Wand mit dem oberen Ende der Kammer 9 verbunden. Das untere Ende der Kammer 9 mündet in einen vom unteren Ende der Wand und einer Ausströmführung 23 begrenzten Ringspalt 8, welcher im Einschaltzustand und zu Beginn des Ausschaltvorganges durch einen beweglichen Kontakt 4 gegenüber dem Lichtbogenraum abgeschlossen ist. Beim Ausschalten strömt daher durch den Schaltlichtbogen aufgeheiztes Löschgas zunächst ausschliesslich über die Kammer 10 und die Öffnungen 11 in die Kammer 9 ein. Bei einer in axialer länger als in radialer Richtung erstreckten Kammer 9 ist daher die Vermischung von einströmendem aufgeheiztem Löschgas mit in der Kammer befindlichem kühlem Löschgas nicht besonders günstig. Zudem ist der zur Führung von Nennstrom vorgesehene Kontakt 4 der oxidierenden und korrodierenden Wirkung der vom Lichtbogenraum durch die Kammer 10 geführten heissen Gase ausgesetzt.A pressure gas switch with a pressure chamber 22 can be seen from FIG. 10 of FR 23 85 214 A1. The pressure chamber contains, in a coaxial arrangement, two toroidal chambers 9, 10 which are separated from one another by a cylindrical wall carrying a fixed contact 3. The lower end of the chamber 10 is connected to an arc chamber which receives the switching arc when it is switched off and its upper end is connected to the upper end of the chamber 9 via openings 11 in the wall. The lower end of the chamber 9 opens into an annular gap 8 which is delimited by the lower end of the wall and an outflow guide 23 and which is closed in the switched-on state and at the beginning of the switching-off process by a movable contact 4 with respect to the arc chamber. When switching off, the quenching gas heated by the switching arc therefore initially flows exclusively into the chamber 9 via the chamber 10 and the openings 11. In the case of a chamber 9 which extends axially longer than in the radial direction, it is therefore not particularly advantageous to mix inflowing heated extinguishing gas with cool extinguishing gas located in the chamber. In addition, the contact 4 provided for carrying the nominal current is exposed to the oxidizing and corrosive effect of the hot gases led from the arc chamber through the chamber 10.

In der DE 24 38 017 A1 ist ein Druckgasschalter mit zwei feststehenden Kontaktstücken, einem Überbrückungsschaltstück, einem mit der freien Stirnseite des Überbrückungsschaltstückes starr verbundenen Turbulenzgitter und einer Kolben-Zylinder-Blaseinrichtung beschrieben. Beim Ausschalten umgibt bei diesem Schalter das Turbulenzgitter den zwischen den feststehenden Kontaktstücken befindlichen Lichtbogenraum unmittelbar und ist dann zugleich im Zuge einer aus der Blaseinrichtung austretenden Druckgasströmung angeordnet. Das Turbulenzgitter dient hierbei der Bildung einer turbulenten Druckgasströmung in dem den Lichtbogen umgebenden Anströmgebiet des Lichtbogenraums.DE 24 38 017 A1 describes a gas pressure switch with two fixed contact pieces, a bridging contact, a turbulence grid rigidly connected to the free end face of the bridging contact and a piston-cylinder blowing device. When this switch is switched off, the turbulence grating immediately surrounds the arc space located between the fixed contact pieces and is then at the same time arranged in the course of a compressed gas flow emerging from the blowing device. The turbulence grid serves to form a turbulent compressed gas flow in the inflow region of the arc space surrounding the arc.

Ein weiterer Druckgasschalter ist in der EP-A-0 067 460 beschrieben. Bei diesem bekannten Schalter wird das vom Schaltlichtbogen erhitzte Löschgas in einer die Schaltstücke koaxial umgebenden, toroidal ausgebildeten Heizkammer gespeichert und strömt, wenn die Heizwirkung des Lichtbogens bei Annäherung an den Stromnulldurchgang nachläßt, in einen Ringraum. In diesem Ringraum wird es mit frischem Löschgas aus einer Kolben-Zylinder-Kompressionsvorrichtung gemischt, so daß das gemischte Gas eine niedrigere Temperatur als das erhitzte Löschgas aufweist. Das auf eine vergleichsweise niedrige Temperatur herabgemischte Löschgas wird anschließend in die zwischen beiden Schaltstücken befindliche Schaltstrecke geleitet, wo es den Schaltlichtbogen wirkungsvoll bebläst. Ein solcher Schalter ist jedoch verhältnismäßig aufwendig und benötigt zudem für den Antrieb der Kompressionsvorrichtung zusätzliche Antriebsenergie.Another gas pressure switch is described in EP-A-0 067 460. In this known switch, the quenching gas heated by the switching arc is stored in a toroidal heating chamber which coaxially surrounds the switching elements and flows into an annular space when the heating effect of the arc diminishes when the current zero crossing is approached. In this annular space it is mixed with fresh extinguishing gas from a piston-cylinder compression device, so that the mixed gas has a lower temperature than the heated extinguishing gas. The quenching gas, which has been mixed down to a comparatively low temperature, is then passed into the switching path between the two switching elements, where it effectively blows the switching arc. However, such a switch is relatively complex and also requires additional drive energy to drive the compression device.

Die Erfindung löst die Aufgabe, einen Druckgasschalter der gaftungsgemäßen Art anzugeben, bei dem das zur dielektrischen Wiederverfestigung der Schaltstrecke verwendete Löschgas unter Einsparung einer Kompressionsvorrichtung am Ende der Hochstromphase bei einer Gastemperatur zur Verfügung steht, welche ganz erheblich unter der Temperatur des aufgeheizten Löschgases liegt.The invention solves the problem of specifying a gas pressure switch of the general type in which the extinguishing gas used for dielectric re-consolidation of the switching path is available at the end of the high current phase at a gas temperature which is considerably lower than the temperature of the heated extinguishing gas, saving on a compression device.

Die Aufgabe wird in Verbindung mit den Merkmalen des Oberbegriffs gemäß dem kennzeichnenden Teil des Anspruchs 1 gelöst.The object is achieved in connection with the features of the preamble according to the characterizing part of claim 1.

Der erfindungsgemäße Druckgasschalter zeichnet sich dadurch aus, daß das erhitzte Löschgas und das in der Heizkammer vor dem Schaltvorgang gespeicherte kühle Löschgas nahezu optimal vermischt werden, wodurch für die dielektrische Wiederverfestigung der Schaltstrecke nach dem Stromnulldurchgang ausreichend gekühltes Löschgas zur Verfügung steht. Gleichzeitig ist es möglich, eine aus Kostenerwägungen und Konstruktionsgründen vorteilhafte, vorwiegend in axialer Richtung erstreckte Heizkammer zu verwenden.The compressed gas switch according to the invention is characterized in that the heated extinguishing gas and the cool extinguishing gas stored in the heating chamber before the switching process are mixed almost optimally, so that sufficiently cooled extinguishing gas is available for the dielectric reconsolidation of the switching path after the zero current passage. At the same time, it is possible to use a heating chamber which is advantageous for cost considerations and design reasons and which extends predominantly in the axial direction.

Vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen der Erfindung sind in den Unteransprüchen angegeben.Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.

Die Erfindung wird nachfolgend anhand eines in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels beschrieben.The invention is described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing.

Hierbei zeigt die einzige Figur eine Aufsicht auf einen längs seiner Schaltstückachse geschnittenen, erfindungsgemäß ausgebildeten Druckgasschalter.Here, the single figure shows a plan view of a compressed gas switch designed according to the invention and cut along its contact piece axis.

In der Figur ist der erfindungsgemäß ausgebildete Druckgasschalter im linken Teil in der Einschaltstellung angegeben. hingegen im rechten Teil während des Ausschaltens. Hierbei ist ein mit einem Löschgas, wie etwa Schwefelhexafluorid von einigen bar Druck, gefülltes Gehäuse mit 1 bezeichnet. In diesem Gehäuse 1 befindet sich ein als feststehendes Düsenrohr ausgebildetes Schaltstück 2, in welches in der Einschaltstellung ein bewegliches, vollzylindrisches Schaltstück 3 eingefahren ist. Das Schaltstück 3 durchsetzt in der Einschaltstellung eine nicht bezeichnete Öffnung eines als Düse ausgebildeten Isolierstoffkörpers 4, welcher am Schaltstück 2 angebracht ist. Im Isolierstoffkörper 4 ist eine die Schaltstücke 2 und 3 toroidförmig umgebende Heizkammer 5 ausgespart, welche an ihrer Innenseite vom Schaltstück 2 begrenzt wird und zwischen dem Isolierstoffkörper 4 und dem oberen Ende des Schaltstückes 2 ein Ringspalt 6 aufweist, welcher in der Einschaltstellung durch das Schaltstück 3 vom Inneren des Schaltstückes 2 abgetrennt ist. Die Heizkammer weist in axialer Richtung eine Erstreckung L auf, welche um ein Mehrfaches größer ist als deren Tiefe D in radialer Richtung.In the figure, the pressure gas switch designed according to the invention is shown in the left part in the switched-on position. on the other hand, in the right part during switching off. Here, a housing filled with an extinguishing gas, such as sulfur hexafluoride at a pressure of a few bar, has 1 designated. In this housing 1 there is a switching piece 2 designed as a fixed nozzle tube, into which a movable, fully cylindrical switching piece 3 is inserted in the switched-on position. In the switched-on position, the switching piece 3 passes through an opening (not designated) of an insulating material body 4 which is designed as a nozzle and which is attached to the switching piece 2. In the insulating body 4 there is a heating chamber 5 surrounding the switching pieces 2 and 3 in a toroidal shape, which is delimited on the inside by the switching piece 2 and has an annular gap 6 between the insulating body 4 and the upper end of the switching piece 2, which in the switched-on position by the switching piece 3 is separated from the inside of the switching piece 2. The heating chamber has an extension L in the axial direction which is several times greater than its depth D in the radial direction.

Im Inneren der Heizkammer 5 ist eine die Schaltstücke 2, 3 koaxial umgebende, zylindermantelförmige Trennwand 7 aus isolierendem Material, wie etwa Polytetrafluoräthylen, angebracht, welche die Heizkammer 5 in zwei Kammern 8 und 9 unterteilt. Beide Kammern sind torusförmig ausgebildet. Die Kammer 8 ist von der Kammer 9 umschlossen und ist mit dieser über Öffnungen 10 in der Trennwand 8 verbunden. Die Kammer 8 weist gegenüber der Kammer 9 eine vergleichsweise geringe Tiefe in radialer Richtung auf und mündet in den Ringspalt 6. Die Öffnungen 10 sind auf azimutal um die Schaltstückachse verlaufenden Kreisen angeordnet, deren Mittelpunktsabstände voneinander in axialer Richtung etwa der in radialer Richtung erstrecken Tiefe d der außenliegenden Kammer 9 entsprechen.In the interior of the heating chamber 5, a switching jacket 2, 3 coaxially surrounding, cylindrical jacket-shaped partition 7 made of insulating material, such as polytetrafluoroethylene, is attached, which divides the heating chamber 5 into two chambers 8 and 9. Both chambers are toroidal. The chamber 8 is enclosed by the chamber 9 and is connected to it via openings 10 in the partition 8. Compared to the chamber 9, the chamber 8 has a comparatively small depth in the radial direction and opens into the annular gap 6. The openings 10 are arranged in circles running azimuthally about the contact piece axis, the center distances of which from one another in the axial direction are approximately the depth d extending in the radial direction correspond to the external chamber 9.

Die Wirkungsweise dieses Schalters ist wie folgt: Beim Ausschalten (rechter Teil der Figur) wird das Schaltstück 3 nach oben bewegt. Sobald sich die Schaltstücke 2 und 3 trennen, bildet sich zwischen ihnen ein Schaltlichtbogen 11. Der Schaltlichtbogen heizt in der Hochstromphase das in der Schaltstrecke zwischen den Schaltstücken 2 und 3 befindliche Löschgas stark auf, wodurch dessen Druck ansteigt. Das erhitzte Löschgas hohen Druckes strömt durch den gegenüber der Öffnung des Schaltstückes 2 vergleichsweise großen Ringspalt 6 in die Heizkammer 5 und wird dort in der Kammer 8 längs der Trennwand 7 zum vom Isolierstoffkörper 4 begrenzten oberen und unteren Ende der Kammer 8 geführt.The operation of this switch is as follows: When switching off (right part of the figure), the switching piece 3 is moved upwards. As soon as switching elements 2 and 3 separate, a switching arc 11 forms between them. In the high current phase, the switching arc heats up the extinguishing gas located in the switching path between switching elements 2 and 3, causing its pressure to rise. The heated extinguishing gas of high pressure flows through the annular gap 6, which is comparatively large compared to the opening of the switching element 2, into the heating chamber 5 and is guided there in the chamber 8 along the partition wall 7 to the upper and lower ends of the chamber 8 delimited by the insulating body 4.

Der Strömungsquerschnitt der als Ringkanal ausgebildeten Kammer 8 braucht nicht größer als der Strömungsquerschnitt des Ringspaltes 6 zu sein, da dann im allgemeinen gewährleistet ist, daß die durch Pfeile dargestellte Strömung des aufgeheizten Löschgases im wesentlichen widerstandsfrei erfolgt. Ein besonders günstiger Verlauf der Strömung wird dann erreicht, wenn die radiale Tiefe der ersten Kammer 8 von der Einmündung des Ringspaltes 6 in axialer Richtung zumindest teilweise abnimmt. Befindet sich der als Eintrittsöffnung der Heizkammer 5 wirkende Ringspalt 6 ungefähr gleich weit vom oberen und unteren Ende der Heizkammer 5 bzw. der Kammer 8 entfernt, so kann der Strömungsquerschnitt der Kammer 8 sogar erheblich kleiner als der Strömungsquerschnitt des Ringspaltes 6 gehalten sein, da in diesem Fall die Löschgasströmung in zwei annähernd gleich große Teilströme aufgeteilt wird, welche sich längs der Trennwand 7 zum oberen und unteren Ende der Kammer 8 hin bewegen.The flow cross-section of the chamber 8 designed as an annular channel need not be larger than the flow cross-section of the annular gap 6, since it is then generally ensured that the flow of the heated extinguishing gas represented by arrows takes place essentially without resistance. A particularly favorable course of the flow is achieved when the radial depth of the first chamber 8 at least partially decreases in the axial direction from the mouth of the annular gap 6. The annular gap 6 acting as the inlet opening of the heating chamber 5 is approximately the same distance from the upper and removed the lower end of the heating chamber 5 or the chamber 8, the flow cross section of the chamber 8 can even be kept considerably smaller than the flow cross section of the annular gap 6, since in this case the extinguishing gas flow is divided into two approximately equal partial flows, which are along the Move partition 7 towards the top and bottom of chamber 8.

Das längs der Trennwand 7 geführte erhitzte Löschgas mischt sich nur unwesentlich mit dem in der Kammer 8 befindlichen kühlen Löschgas und drängt dieses unter Druckerhöhung im wesentlichen durch die Öffnungen 10 in die äußere Kammer 9. Die Öffnungen 10 sind hierbei so bemessen, daß der Druckausgleich zwischen den Kammern 8 und 9 auch bei starker Aufheizung des Löschgases infolge hoher zu unterbrechender Ströme sehr rasch erfolgt. Demzufolge reicht es im allgemeinen aus, wenn die Trennwand 7 höchstens einige Millimeter dick ist. Eine günstige Aufteilung des einströmenden aufgeheizten Löschgases wird dann erzielt, wenn der Strömungsquerschnitt der auf einem azimutal um die Zylinderachse verlaufenden Kreis angeordneten Öffnungen 10 ungefähr gleich ist dem Strömungsquerschnitt der Kammer 8 an der diesem Kreis zugeordneten axialen Position der Kammer 8.The heated extinguishing gas guided along the partition 7 mixes only insignificantly with the cool extinguishing gas located in the chamber 8 and urges it essentially through the openings 10 into the outer chamber 9. The openings 10 are dimensioned so that the pressure equalization between the chambers 8 and 9 occurs very quickly even when the extinguishing gas is heated up strongly as a result of high currents to be interrupted. Accordingly, it is generally sufficient if the partition 7 is at most a few millimeters thick. A favorable distribution of the inflowing heated extinguishing gas is achieved when the flow cross section of the openings 10 arranged on an azimuthally extending around the cylinder axis is approximately equal to the flow cross section of the chamber 8 at the axial position of the chamber 8 assigned to this circle.

Bei weiterem Druckanstieg infolge Lichtbogenaufheizung strömt das erhitzte Löschgas über die Öffnungen 10 in die Kammer 9 ein, wo es sich mit dem dort befindlichen Löschgas vor dem Druckausgleich mischt. Hierbei wandern von den Öffnungen 10 Mischungsgrenzen 12, 13 und 14 zwischen kühlem und gemischtem Löschgas in die Kammer 9 hinein. Durch geeignete Verteilung der Öffnungen 10 auf der Trennwand 7 wird erreicht, daß bei einer Heizkammer 5 von geringer radialer Teife D aber vergleichsweise großer axialer Erstreckung L die Mischungsgrenzen beim Druckausgleich nahezu das gesamte Volumen der Kammer 9 überdecken.If the pressure rises further as a result of the heating of the arc, the heated extinguishing gas flows through the openings 10 into the chamber 9, where it mixes with the extinguishing gas located there before the pressure equalization. In this case, mixture boundaries 12, 13 and 14 between cool and mixed extinguishing gas migrate into the chamber 9 from the openings 10. By a suitable distribution of the openings 10 on the partition 7 it is achieved that in a heating chamber 5 with a small radial part D but a comparatively large axial extension L, the mixing limits during pressure equalization cover almost the entire volume of the chamber 9.

Hierbei haben Mischungsversuche ergeben, daß bei einer Heizkammer 5 mit einem Tiefen-Längen-Verhältnis D/L von ca. 0,1 das bei einem Schaltvorgang aufgeheizte Löschgas nahezu vollkommen mit dem in der Heizkammer 5 vorhandenen kühlen Löschgas vermischt wird, wenn die Abstände benachbarter Öffnungen 10 etwa der Tiefe d der Kammer 9 entsprechen. Gegenüber einer Heizkammer mit vergleichbarer Abmessung D und L, jedoch ohne Trennwand, wird hierdurch die Vermischung nahezu verdoppelt. Bei Heizkammern mit einem D/L-Verhältnis von 0,5 ist bei entsprechend beabstandeter Anordnung der Öffnungen 10 die Vermischung gegenüber einer entsprechend bemessenen Heizkammer immer noch erheblich verbessert. Die auf azimutal um die Zylinderachse verlaufenden Kreisen befindlichen Öffnungen können gleichmäßig voneinander beabstandet sein, können aber auch als azimutal um die Zylinderachse verlaufender Spalt ausgebildet sein. Die Trennwand 10 kann dann mittels radial nach außen erstreckter Stege an der die Heizkammer 5 nach außen begrenzenden Wand des Isolierkörpers 4 befestigt sein.Mixing tests have shown that in a heating chamber 5 with a depth-to-length ratio D / L of approx. 0.1, the extinguishing gas heated during a switching operation is almost completely mixed with the cool extinguishing gas present in the heating chamber 5 if the distances are adjacent Openings 10 correspond approximately to the depth d of the chamber 9. Compared to a heating chamber with comparable dimensions D and L, but without a partition, the mixing is almost doubled. In heating chambers with a D / L ratio of 0.5, the mixing is still considerably improved compared to a correspondingly dimensioned heating chamber when the openings 10 are arranged at a corresponding distance. The openings located on azimuthally running around the cylinder axis can be evenly spaced from each other, but can also be designed as a gap running azimuthally around the cylinder axis. The partition 10 can then be fastened by means of webs extending radially outwards to the wall of the insulating body 4 which limits the heating chamber 5 to the outside.

Nach der Hochstromphase strömt das in der Kammer 9 gemischte, gekühlte Löschgas durch die Öffnungen 10 über die ringkanalartig ausgebildete Kammer 8 und den Ringkanal 6 zurück in die Schaltstrecke und unterbricht den Lichtbogen 11. Die Qualität des auf die Schaltstrecke einwirkenden Löschgases wird hierbei noch dadurch verbessert, daß bei dessen Ausströmen aus den Öffnungen 10 eine zusätzliche Durchmischung mit dem in der Kammer 8 befindlichen unvermischten und daher heißen Löschgas stattfindet.After the high-current phase, the cooled, quenching gas mixed in the chamber 9 flows through the openings 10 via the ring channel-like chamber 8 and the ring channel 6 back into the switching path and interrupts the arc 11. The quality of the quenching gas acting on the switching path is thereby further improved that when it flows out of the openings 10 there is an additional mixing with the unmixed and therefore hot quenching gas located in the chamber 8.

Claims (7)

  1. Compressed gas circuit-breaker having two cylindrical switch parts (2, 3) movable in relation to one another along the cylinder axis, and having, for receiving extinction gas, a heating chamber (5) coaxially surrounding the switch parts (2, 3) and extending in the axial direction longer than in the radial direction, which extinction gas is heated during a switching operation by a switch arc (11) burning between the two switch parts (2, 3), is fed via an annular gap (6), bounded by the end of one (2) of the two switch parts and by an element (4) of insulating material, into the heating chamber (5), is mixed there with cool extinction gas and, after mixing, is fed back to the switch arc (11), in which arrangement the heating chamber (5) is divided by a partition wall (7) arranged coaxially with respect to the switch parts (2, 3) into two chambers (8, 9) of toroidal design, of which the interior chamber (8) is connected to the annular gap (6) and the exterior chamber (9) is connected via openings (10) in the partition wall (7) to the interior chamber (8), which openings (10) are arranged on a circle running azimuthally around the cylinder axis, characterized in that the path for the extinction gas, bounded by the one switch part (2) and the element (4) of insulating material, leads back from the interior chamber (8) to the switch arc after mixing, in that the element (4) of insulating material surrounds the interior chamber (8) and the exterior chamber (9), in that the openings (10) are arranged on more than two circles running azimuthally around the cylinder axis and spaced axially apart, the mid-point distances of which circles from one another correspond at most to double the depth (d), extending in the radial direction, of the exterior chamber (9), in that the flow cross-section of all the openings (10) arranged on a circle running azimuthally around the cylinder axis is approximately equal to the flow cross-section of the interior chamber (8) at the axial position corresponding to this circle, and in that the distance between adjacent openings (10) corresponds to at most double the depth (d), extending in the radial direction, of the exterior chamber (9).
  2. Compressed gas circuit-breaker according to Claim 1, characterized in that the first chamber (8) is designed as an axially extending annular channel with a small radial depth compared to the second chamber (9).
  3. Compressed gas circuit-breaker according to Claim 2, characterized in that the annular gap (6) opens out into the annular channel approximately equidistantly from the two ends of the annular channel.
  4. Compressed gas circuit-breaker according to Claim 2, characterized in that the annular gap (6) opens out into the annular channel at one end of the annular channel.
  5. Compressed gas circuit-breaker according to Claim 2, characterized in that the radial depth of the first chamber (8) decreases at least partially from the opening out of the annular gap (6), seen in axial direction.
  6. Compressed gas circuit-breaker according to Claim 5, characterized in that the openings (10) are designed as a gap azimuthally extending around the cylinder axis.
  7. Compressed gas circuit-breaker according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the distance of the openings (10) in axial direction corresponds approximately to the depth (d), extending in radial direction, of the second chamber (9).
EP19850104380 1984-05-08 1985-04-11 Compressed-gas circuit breaker Expired - Lifetime EP0160853B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CH2243/84 1984-05-08
CH224384 1984-05-08

Publications (4)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP0160853A2 EP0160853A2 (en) 1985-11-13
EP0160853A3 EP0160853A3 (en) 1987-07-22
EP0160853B1 EP0160853B1 (en) 1989-11-29
EP0160853B2 true EP0160853B2 (en) 1995-05-17

Family

ID=4229202

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP19850104380 Expired - Lifetime EP0160853B2 (en) 1984-05-08 1985-04-11 Compressed-gas circuit breaker

Country Status (3)

Country Link
EP (1) EP0160853B2 (en)
JP (1) JPH0664976B2 (en)
DE (2) DE3421356A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3915700C3 (en) * 1989-05-13 1997-06-19 Aeg Energietechnik Gmbh Compressed gas switch with evaporative cooling
DE8907092U1 (en) * 1989-06-07 1989-08-10 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Pressure gas switch
FR2715497B1 (en) * 1994-01-25 1996-02-16 Gec Alsthom T & D Sa Circuit breaker nozzle with thermal expansion chamber.
DE19512652C1 (en) * 1995-04-05 1996-10-31 Aeg Energietechnik Gmbh Pressurised-gas power switch
DE102011007103A1 (en) * 2011-04-11 2012-10-11 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Electrical switching device
CN112017904B (en) * 2019-05-28 2022-08-12 河南平芝高压开关有限公司 Circuit breaker and its static side tail airflow channel structure

Family Cites Families (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2076494A5 (en) * 1970-01-16 1971-10-15 Alsthom Cgee
DE2633093C2 (en) * 1976-07-20 1987-04-30 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Electrical circuit breaker with a closed extinguishing chamber filled with extinguishing gas
CA1096914A (en) * 1977-03-24 1981-03-03 Masami Kii Circuit interrupter comprising plural arc-quenching fluid pressure chambers
DE2811510C2 (en) * 1977-03-24 1983-03-24 Mitsubishi Denki K.K., Tokyo Electric pressure gas switch
CH632609A5 (en) * 1977-03-24 1982-10-15 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Circuit breaker with lichtbogenloeschendem gas.
JPS54122881A (en) * 1978-03-17 1979-09-22 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Switchgear
FR2520928A1 (en) * 1982-02-04 1983-08-05 Alsthom Atlantique PNEUMATIC SELF-BLOWING CIRCUIT BREAKER

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP0160853A2 (en) 1985-11-13
DE3421356A1 (en) 1985-11-14
JPS60243920A (en) 1985-12-03
JPH0664976B2 (en) 1994-08-22
EP0160853B1 (en) 1989-11-29
DE3574520D1 (en) 1990-01-04
EP0160853A3 (en) 1987-07-22

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP0067460B1 (en) High-voltage power circuit breaker
DE2209287C3 (en) Electric pressure gas switch
DE3440212A1 (en) EXHAUST GAS SWITCH
DE3247121C2 (en)
EP0836209B1 (en) Circuit breaker
EP0160853B2 (en) Compressed-gas circuit breaker
DE2030605B2 (en) Electrical pressure gas switch with a blowing device for generating a flow of extinguishing gas
DE2438017C3 (en) Gas switch
DE2441561A1 (en) SWITCHING PART OF A COMPRESSED GAS SWITCH WITH BLOWING OUT THE ARC WITH COMPRESSED GAS
DE3341930C2 (en) Gas pressure switch
EP0042456B1 (en) High voltage power circuit breaker
EP0290950B1 (en) Pressurized-gas circuit breaker
EP0163943B1 (en) Gas-blast switch
EP0270895A1 (en) Pressurized-gas switch
EP0175209B1 (en) Compressed gas circuit breaker
DE2633093C2 (en) Electrical circuit breaker with a closed extinguishing chamber filled with extinguishing gas
EP0817228B1 (en) Power switch
EP0046824B1 (en) Gas blast switch
DE2801979A1 (en) SELF-INFLATING DISCONNECTOR
DE3012964C2 (en) Compressed gas circuit breaker
DE19850395A1 (en) Power switch for power station, distribution station, has gas channel with internal and external sections connected to intake
DE3833564A1 (en) Gas-blast circuit breaker
EP0039523A1 (en) High tension circuit breaker
EP1780741B2 (en) Chambre d'interruption d'un interrupteur très haute tension avec un volume de chauffage pour l'admission de gaz sous pression
CH677986A5 (en)

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Designated state(s): CH DE FR LI SE

PUAL Search report despatched

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009013

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): CH DE FR LI SE

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 19870814

RAP1 Party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred)

Owner name: BBC BROWN BOVERI AG

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 19890125

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): CH DE FR LI SE

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Effective date: 19891129

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 3574520

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 19900104

ET Fr: translation filed
PLBI Opposition filed

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009260

26 Opposition filed

Opponent name: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, BERLIN UND MUENCHEN

Effective date: 19900803

PUAH Patent maintained in amended form

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009272

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: PATENT MAINTAINED AS AMENDED

27A Patent maintained in amended form

Effective date: 19950517

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B2

Designated state(s): CH DE FR LI SE

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: AEN

ET3 Fr: translation filed ** decision concerning opposition
APAC Appeal dossier modified

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOS NOAPO

APAC Appeal dossier modified

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOS NOAPO

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Payment date: 19990324

Year of fee payment: 15

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: CH

Payment date: 19990325

Year of fee payment: 15

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 19990326

Year of fee payment: 15

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20000430

Ref country code: CH

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20000430

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: PL

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20001229

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20010201

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: ST

APAH Appeal reference modified

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSCREFNO