Abstract

In the study, an interrupting performance test on the 145 kV gas circuit breaker is performed according to three different gases: SF6, g3 (5% NovecTM4710 with 95% CO2), and CO2(70%)/O2(30%) gases. Thanks to research advancements, it is confirmed that CO2 and g3 (5% NovecTM 4710) gases, respectively, have 40% and 75% dielectric strength, compared to that of SF6 gas. The filling pressure and transient recovery voltage criteria of each gas were determined differently in order to compare the maximum interrupting performance of each gas. The pressure of SF6 gas was determined to be 5.5 bar, which is typically used in circuit breakers. The pressure of the other two gases was determined to be 8.0 bar (the maximum available pressure of the test circuit breaker) to find the maximum interrupting performance. Moreover, the rate-of-rise of transient recovery voltage of SF6 was determined as 10 kV/μs, which is the value at the state of maximum interrupting performance of the test circuit breaker with SF6. On the other hand, the rate-of-rise of transient recovery voltages of g3 (5% NovecTM4710 with 95% CO2) and CO2(70%)/O2(30%) gases were, respectively, determined as 4∼5 kV/μs to find the interruption available point. The characteristics of arc conductance, arc current, and arc voltage near the current zero, and post-arc current are analyzed to compare the interrupting performance, according to different arc-quenching gases. The arc current is measured using a current transformer (Rogowski coil), and a signal processing method of the arc current and arc voltage is introduced to increase the reliability of the interrupting performance results. As a result of the test, it is confirmed that the critical arc conductance for all test conditions converged within a certain range and the value is around 0.7 mS. In addition, the critical current slope just before the current zero-crossing during the interrupting process is shown to be 1.8 A/μs between interruption success and failure. Consequently, it is verified that the CO2(70%)/O2(30%) mixture and g3 (5% NovecTM4710 with 95% CO2) have a similar arc extinguishing performance and SF6 has a relatively higher extinguishing performance than that of CO2(70%)/O2(30%) mixture and g3 (5% NovecTM4710 with 95% CO2) under the aforementioned filling pressure and TRV conditions.

Highlights

  • SF6 gas has been widely used for high-voltage equipment, such as gas circuit breaker (GCB) and gas-insulated switchgear (GIS), because of its excellent insulation and arc-quenching capability [1,2]

  • The types of gases considered as alternative gases are natural gases, which are refer to the composition of atmosphere, SF6 gas mixtures with natural gases, SF6 gas mixtures with fluorocarbons, fluorinated gases except for SF6 (perfluorocarbons (PFCs)) and other new gases [5,6,7,8,9]

  • The rate-of-rise of TRV (RRRV) of SF6 gas was determined as 10 kV/μs, which is the value at the state of maximum interrupting performance of the test circuit breaker with SF6 gas

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Summary

Introduction

SF6 gas has been widely used for high-voltage equipment, such as gas circuit breaker (GCB) and gas-insulated switchgear (GIS), because of its excellent insulation and arc-quenching capability [1,2]. Dry air, CO2 , and nitrogen (N2 ) are stable and have very low greenhouse effects as their Global Warming Potential (GWP) is, respectively, 1, 0, and 0 and the Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) of all of them are zero [1,10] They can be used as insulation medium for low voltage applications. NovecTM 5110 even has higher dielectric strength and lower GWP characteristics than NovecTM 4710 The interrupting performance is compared through the test for arc current, arc voltage, arc conductance, and post-arc current

Test Circuit
Voltage and Current Measurement Scheme
Current and Voltage Signal Processing at Current Zero Point
Interrupting Test Condition
Arc-Conductance Behavior
Interrupting Current Behavior
Findings
Conclusions
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