Gas circuit breaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11798762-B2
Application number	US-201917310214-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2019
Priority date	Apr 2, 2019
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

A gas circuit breaker includes a sealed container in which the arc-extinguishing gas is enclosed, a first fixed contactor portion and a second fixed contactor portion fixed to the sealed container, and a movable contactor portion which moves between the first fixed contactor portion and the second fixed contactor portion, to conduct and break current between them, in which an arc generated at a time of current breaking action is extinguished by spraying the arc-extinguishing gas, the gas circuit breaker includes a gas chamber configured to accumulate the unnecessary gas, the sealed container is formed by joining ends of the two hollow truncated cone portions, each having a large opening diameter, with the cylindrical portion therebetween, and the gas chamber is formed inside the cylindrical portion forming the sealed container.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gas circuit breaker, comprising:
a sealed container in which arc-extinguishing gas is enclosed;
a first fixed contactor portion fixed to the sealed container;
a second fixed contactor portion fixed to the sealed container; and
a movable contactor portion which moves between the first fixed contactor portion and the second fixed contactor portion, and which conducts and breaks current between the first fixed contactor portion and the second fixed contactor portion,
wherein an arc generated between a fixed arc contactor provided to the first fixed contactor portion and a movable arc contactor provided to the movable contactor portion at a time of current breaking action is extinguished by spraying the arc-extinguishing gas,
the gas circuit breaker further comprising a gas chamber configured to accumulate unnecessary gas generated from the arc-extinguishing gas sprayed to the arc,
wherein:
the sealed container is formed by joining ends of two hollow truncated cone portions both having a large opening diameter via a cylindrical portion between the ends,
the gas chamber is formed inside the cylindrical portion forming the sealed container, and
a height of the cylindrical portion is equal to or more than a length of the arc generated between the fixed arc contactor and the movable arc contactor at the time of the current breaking action.

2. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein the gas chamber is configured to accumulate unnecessary gas with a specific gravity heavier than the arc-extinguishing gas, and is arranged on a ground plane side in the sealed container.

3. The gas circuit breaker according claim 1 , wherein
the gas chamber is configured to accumulate unnecessary gas with a specific gravity lighter than the arc-extinguishing gas, and is arranged on a side opposite to a ground plane in the sealed container.

4. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein a catalyst for decomposing the unnecessary gas is placed in the gas chamber.

5. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 4 , wherein the catalyst includes at least one of carbon, manganese, aluminum, cerium, barium, platinum, palladium, rhodium, and ruthenium.

6. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein an adsorbent for adsorbing the unnecessary gas is placed in the gas chamber.

7. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 6 , wherein the adsorbent is activated carbon.

8. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein:
the gas chamber includes a first gas chamber which is configured to accumulate unnecessary gas with a specific gravity heavier than the arc-extinguishing gas and is arranged on a ground plane side in the sealed container, and a second gas chamber which is configured to accumulate unnecessary gas with a specific gravity lighter than the arc-extinguishing gas and is arranged on a side opposite to a ground plane in the sealed container,
the gas circuit breaker further comprising:
a processing portion which is provided outside the sealed container, and is configured to decompose the unnecessary gas generated from the arc-extinguishing gas sprayed to the arc;
a first discharge pipe configured to send the unnecessary gas from the first gas chamber to the processing portion;
a second discharge pipe configured to send the unnecessary gas from the second gas chamber to the processing portion; and
an air supply pipe configured to send the arc-extinguishing gas in which the unnecessary gas is decomposed in the processing portion to the sealed container.

9. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one of an exhaust pipe which is configured to exhaust ozone with a specific gravity heavier than the arc-extinguishing gas in the unnecessary gas generated from the arc-extinguishing gas and is arranged to a ground plane side of the sealed container, and an exhaust pipe which is configured to exhaust carbon monoxide with a specific gravity lighter than the arc-extinguishing gas in the unnecessary gas generated from the arc-extinguishing gas and is arranged to a side opposite to a ground plane of the sealed container.

10. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 1 , further comprising
a sensor configured to detect the unnecessary gas generated from the arc-extinguishing gas sprayed to the arc.

11. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 10 , wherein the sensor is at least one of an ozone sensor which is configured to detect ozone with a specific gravity heavier than the arc-extinguishing gas in the unnecessary gas generated from the arc-extinguishing gas and is arranged on a ground plane side in the sealed container, and a carbon monoxide sensor which is configured to detect carbon monoxide with a specific gravity lighter than the arc-extinguishing gas in the unnecessary gas generated from the arc-extinguishing gas and is arranged on a side opposite to a ground plane in the sealed container.

12. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 1 , wherein the arc-extinguishing gas is at 0.1 MPa-g or more, and contains equal to or more than 50% of carbon dioxide.

13. A gas circuit breaker, comprising:
a sealed container in which arc-extinguishing gas is enclosed;
a first fixed contactor portion fixed to the sealed container;
a second fixed contactor portion fixed to the sealed container; and
a movable contactor portion which moves between the first fixed contactor portion and the second fixed contactor portion, and which conducts and breaks current between the first fixed contactor portion and the second fixed contactor portion,
wherein an arc generated between a fixed arc contactor provided to the first fixed contactor portion and a movable arc contactor provided to the movable contactor portion at a time of current breaking action is extinguished by spraying the arc-extinguishing gas,
the gas circuit breaker further comprising a gas chamber configured to accumulate unnecessary gas generated from the arc-extinguishing gas sprayed to the arc,
wherein:
the sealed container is formed by joining ends of two hollow truncated cone portions both having a large opening diameter via a cylindrical portion between the ends,
the gas chamber is formed inside the cylindrical portion forming the sealed container, and
a height of the cylindrical portion is equal to or more than a height of the truncated cone portion forming the sealed container.

14. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 13 , wherein the gas chamber is configured to accumulate unnecessary gas with a specific gravity heavier than the arc-extinguishing gas, and is arranged on a ground plane side in the sealed container.

15. The gas circuit breaker according claim 13 , wherein
the gas chamber is configured to accumulate unnecessary gas with a specific gravity lighter than the arc-extinguishing gas, and is arranged on a side opposite to a ground plane in the sealed container.

16. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 13 , wherein a catalyst for decomposing the unnecessary gas is placed in the gas chamber.

17. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 13 , wherein an adsorbent for adsorbing the unnecessary gas is placed in the gas chamber.

18. The gas circuit breaker according to claim 13 , wherein:
the gas chamber includes a first gas chamber which is configured to accumulate unnecessary gas with a specific gravity heavier than the arc-extinguishing gas and is arranged on a ground plane side in the sealed container, and a second gas chamber which is configured to accumulate unnecessary gas with a s

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp

Inventors

• Iijima Takanori
• Majima Amane
• Uchii Toshiyuki
• Shimamura Akira
• Kato Norimitsu

Classifications

• H01H33/56 Primary

  Gas reservoirs · CPC title

• H01H33/57

  Recuperation of liquid or gas · CPC title

• H01H33/91

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

• H01H2033/566

  Avoiding the use of SF6 · CPC title

• H01H2033/567

  Detection of decomposition products of the gas · CPC title