Abstract
The Kii-Channel HVDC Link under construction in Japan is equipped with metallic return transfer breakers (MRTBs) in one converter station. A new MRTB for an interrupting current of 3500 A DC was developed. To interrupt a DC current, a method that produces a current zero point by superimposing a self-excited oscillatory current on a DC arc current was employed. For this purpose, a LC circuit was coupled in parallel to a SF/sub 6/ gas circuit breaker. Developing a SF/sub 6/ gas circuit breaker that has a large arc voltage drop gradient against currents permitted a large oscillatory current to be generated. A modified Mayr-type dynamic arc equation was newly presented. The DC interruption limits calculated using this equation agreed with the measured values.
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