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Research on direct current (dc) interruption has grown in recent years, driven by increased interest in using high voltage direct current (HVDC) for large power transmission and future grids. In fact, dc interruption poses particular challenges to protection devices and circuit breakers and new technologies are needed to meet the requirements of future HVDC grids. In this paper we review some of the...
DC neutral breakers are used to reconfigure HVDC transmission systems. One example is the Metallic Return Transfer Breaker (MRTB) that commutates the current from the ground to an overhead line or cable reducing time duration with current flowing in the ground path. An MRTB consists of a passive LC-circuit in parallel with an AC breaker that triggers a resonance by its arc voltage characteristics,...
The benefits offered by the DC energy distribution in different applications raised the interests towards new power architectures and apparatus. The availability of the related LV and MV apparatus and protection schemes is in fact crucial to fully exploit the opportunities opened in the energy management for the smart grid. Experimental results of testing DC circuit breakers based upon current injection...
A hybrid medium voltage breaker consisting of a power electronic switch (PE) by-passed by a parallel mechanical switch is presented in the paper. The main operation modes and the performances of a 12 kV apparatus with 25 kA short-circuit current capability are introduced. The results of the experimental tests confirm the electrical behaviors foreseen by the simulations during the design phase. The...
The increased use of directed current (DC) as an enabler for the integration of renewable sources gains rising interest also for power transmission and distribution networks. Some preliminary installations showed some benefit of this technique compared with alternating current (AC) and pushed the development of switchgear for high (HV) and medium voltage (MV) DC grids. Several techniques able to provide...
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