Environmental Compatible Circuit Breaker Technologies

• Other Authors: Uhrlandt, Dirk (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; vacuum circuit breaker; double break; prestrike characteristics; vacuum interrupter; prestrike gap; gaseous breakdown; SF6; CO2; surface roughness; statistical enlargement laws; vacuum arc; DC circuit breaker; current interruption; magnetic field; plasma physics; zero-crossing; circuit breaker; switching arc; optical emission spectroscopy; ablation; current zero; SF6 alternative gases; PTFE; optical absorption spectroscopy; Swan bands; CuF; hybrid dc circuit breaker; vacuum arc commutation; solid-state switch; vacuum arc voltage; air arc plasma; Thomson actuator; magnetohydrodynamic simulations; fast switch; optical diagnostics
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Recent research and development in the field of high-current circuit breaker technology are devoted to meeting two challenges: the environmental compatibility and new demands on electrical grids caused by the increasing use of renewable energies. Electric arcs in gases or a vacuum are the key compon...