Multiphase circuit breaker system having a short-circuit link

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9601281-B2
Application number	US-201414524751-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2014
Priority date	Oct 25, 2013
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

The circuit breaker system contains a plurality of phase conductors, a circuit breaker having a plurality of breaker poles, and a short-circuit link having a star point and a plurality of link conductors combined at the star point. Each of the phase conductors is electrically conductively connected to in each case one of the breaker poles and each link conductor is electrically conductively connected to in each case one of the phase conductors in each case one of several first disconnectors to which short-circuit current can be applied. In order to avoid expenditure on assembly and downtimes of the circuit breaker system when carrying out simulation experiments with the aid of the short-circuit link, the circuit breaker system contains a second disconnector which, when closed, electrically conductively connects the star point to ground and which is opened when a short-circuit current is applied to the short-circuit current link.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A circuit breaker system containing a plurality of phase conductors, a circuit breaker having a plurality of breaker poles, and a short-circuit link which has a star point and a plurality of link conductors which are combined at the star point, wherein each of the phase conductors is electrically conductively connected to in each case one of the breaker poles, and wherein each link conductor is electrically conductively connected to in each case one of the phase conductors by means of in each case one of several first disconnectors to which short-circuit current can be applied, wherein the circuit breaker system further has a second disconnector which, when it is closed, electrically conductively connects the star point to ground and which is opened when a short-circuit current is applied to the short-circuit link.

2. The circuit breaker system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a ground current is applied to the second disconnector, said ground current being lower than a maximum permissible short-circuit current in the short-circuit link.

3. The circuit breaker system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first disconnectors and the second disconnector each have a drive, which can be driven by a central control system, for opening and closing an isolating gap.

4. The circuit breaker system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the phase conductors, the breaker poles of the circuit breaker and the first disconnectors are arranged in a grounded encapsulation, in that the star point is arranged outside the encapsulation, in that each of the link conductors is routed out of the encapsulation in an electrically insulated manner, and in that, when the second disconnector is closed, each of the first disconnectors forms in each case one of several earthing switches of the circuit breaker system.

5. The circuit breaker system as claimed in claim 4 for installation in an outgoing generator line which is arranged between a generator and a transformer, wherein each of the link conductors electrically conductively connects a generator-end section of in each case one of the phase conductors to the star point by means of in each case one of the first disconnectors.

6. The circuit breaker system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second disconnector is in the form of a medium-voltage circuit breaker or in the form of a low-voltage circuit breaker.

7. The circuit breaker system as claimed in claim 4 for installation in a gas-insulated metal-encapsulated switchgear assembly, wherein the second disconnector is in the form of a circuit breaker.

Assignees

• Abb Technology Ag
• Abb Schweiz Ag

Inventors

• Zehnder Lukas
• Nohl Andreas

Classifications

• H01H79/00

  Protective switches in which excess current causes the closing of contacts, e.g. for short-circuiting the apparatus to be protected {(H01H39/004 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H01H31/003

  Earthing switches (H01H31/02 - H01H31/26 take precedence; contact made by liquid jet H01H29/32; for substations H02B1/16, H02B5/01; for withdrawable switchgear H02B11/28; for gas-insulated switchgear H02B13/075) · CPC title

• H01H9/0072 Primary

  particular to three-phase switches (synchronous switching H01H9/563) · CPC title

• H01H7/03

  with dash-pots · CPC title

• H02B1/205

  for connecting electrical apparatus mounted side by side on a rail · CPC title