Gas circuit breaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11217408-B2
Application number	US-201716762573-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2017
Priority date	Nov 10, 2017
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A gas circuit breaker 1 includes an insulation nozzle 23 that guides arc-extinguishing gas to an arc between a first arc contactor 21 and a second arc contactor 41 when a trigger electrode 31 becomes an opened state relative to the first arc contactor 21. The second arc contactor 41 has an opening 41a for spraying the arc-extinguishing gas, and the opening 41a is closed by the trigger electrode 31 in the first half of a current breaking action, and is opened by separation of the trigger electrode in the latter half of the current breaking action. An opening area of a first exhaust port 41b formed between the second arc contactor 41 and the insulation nozzle 23 for exhausting the arc-extinguishing gas is 0.2 times or more and two times or less of an opening area of the opening 41a of the second arc contactor 41.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gas circuit breaker, comprising:
a first arc contactor electrically connected to a first lead-out conductor connected to a power system;
a second arc contactor is electrically connected to a second lead-out conductor;
a trigger electrode which is arranged to be movable between the first arc contactor and the second arc contactor, which an arc generated between the first arc contactor and the trigger electrode is ignited along with a movement in a first half of a current breaking action, and which ignites the arc on the second arc contactor along with the movement in a latter half of the current breaking action; and
an insulation nozzle that guides arc-extinguishing gas to the arc ignited between the first arc contactor and the second arc contactor,
wherein:
the second arc contactor has an opening for spraying the arc-extinguishing gas, and the opening is sealed by the trigger electrode in the first half of the current breaking action, and is opened by separation of the trigger electrode in the latter half of the current breaking action, and
an opening area of a first exhaust port S 1 for exhausting the arc-extinguishing gas formed between the second arc contactor and the insulation nozzle and an opening area of the opening of the second arc contactor S 0 are configured such that:
0.2* S 0≤ S 1≤2* S 0.

2. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein
a sum of an opening area of a second exhaust port formed between the first arc contactor and the insulation nozzle for exhausting the arc-extinguishing gas, and an opening area of a third exhaust port formed inside the first arc contactor is two times or more the opening area of the opening of the second arc contactor.

3. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 2 , wherein
the insulation nozzle includes a throat portion that guides the arc-extinguishing gas to the arc, and
an opening area of the throat portion is equal to or larger than the opening area of the opening of the second arc contactor.

4. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein
the insulation nozzle includes a throat portion that guides the arc-extinguishing gas to the arc, and
an opening area of the throat portion is equal to or larger than the opening area of the opening of the second arc contactor.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp

Inventors

• Uchii Toshiyuki
• Iijima Takanori
• Yoshino Tomoyuki
• Kato Norimitsu
• Tanaka Tsutomu

Classifications

• H01H33/7023 Primary

  characterised by an insulating tubular gas flow enhancing nozzle (H01H33/7038 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01H2033/908

  using valves for regulating communication between, e.g. arc space, hot volume, compression volume, surrounding volume · CPC title

• H01H33/12

  Auxiliary contacts on to which the arc is transferred from the main contacts (using arcing horns H01H33/20) · CPC title

• H01H33/901

  making use of the energy of the arc or an auxiliary arc · CPC title

• H01H33/91 Primary

  the arc-extinguishing fluid being air or gas · CPC title