GeneralRatingStructureofHighVoltageCircuit Breakers:IEEEC37.

041999 and ConsiderationsforselectionofCircuitBreakersfor CapacitiveCurrentSwitchingandTRV SummaryPreparedby Himanshu Bahirat MichiganTechnologicalUniversity SpringSemester2008

GeneralRatingStructureofHighVoltageCircuit Breakers:IEEEC37.041999

GE Technical Data of Power/Vac Three Phase Vacuum Recloser

ConsiderationsforselectionofCircuitBreakersfor CapacitiveCurrentSwitching
Ratingsforcapacitancecurrentswitching 1)Ratedoverheadlinechargingcurrent; 2)Ratedisolatedcableandisolatedshuntcapacitorbankswitchingcurrent; 3)Ratedbacktobackcableandisolatedshuntcapacitorbankswitchingcurrent; 4)Ratedtransientinrushcurrentpeak; 5)Ratedtransientinrushcurrentfrequency;

ConsiderationsforselectionofCircuitBreakersfor CapacitiveCurrentSwitching
Capacitivecurrentscanbeencounteredinfollowingsituations: Switchingofnoloadoverheadlines Switchingofnoloadcables Switchingofcapacitorbanks Switchingoffilterbanks Selectionofratingofcircuitbreakerstoswitchcapacitivecurrentfollowing considerationsarerequired: Application Powerfrequencyofthenetwork Groundingsituationsofthenetwork Presenceofsingleortwophasegroundfaults

OverheadlinechargingcurrentandInterruption

NoLoadOverheadLines: Uncompensated Compensated Uncompensatedlines: Especially longlinesarerepresentedas capacitance. HighchargingcurrentandRecovery voltagesoninterruptionofcharging currents CompensatedLines: Havelesser chargingcurrentshencelesser recoveryvoltages.

FigureEnergization ofnoloadlines:basicphenomena

FigureHalfcycleofrecoveryvoltage

CableEnergization anddeenergization
Energization ofcables: IsolatedCable BacktoBackCable Theinrushcurrentsincables isnonoscillatory. InitialRateofRiseshouldnot overthebreakerrating.
FigureTypicalcircuitforbacktobackswitching

FigureEquivalentcircuitforbacktobackcableswitching

Shuntcapacitorbankenergization anddeenergization
Energization ofshuntcapacitorbanks: Isolatedcapacitorbanks BacktoBackcapacitorbanks Theinrushcurrentsareoscillatoryand havehighfrequencies InitialRateofRiseshouldnotoverthe breakerrating. Recoveryvoltagescanbehigh,especially iftherearerestrikes.

FigureParallelcapacitorbanks

FigureVoltageandcurrentwaveshapesinthecaseofarestrike

TransientRecoveryVoltage
Voltagewhichappearsacrossthecircuitbreakercontactsafter interruptionoffaultorinterruptionofcircuit. Itconsistsofthehighfrequencyvoltagesuperimposedonsystem frequencyvoltage Generallytheresultantvoltagewaveturnsouttobe1cosinewaveand alsohastheexponentialcomponent.

Figure EquivalentRLCcircuit

TransientRecoveryVoltage
IEEEC37011ApplicationguideforTransient RecoveryvoltageofACHighVoltagecircuit breakers:SpecifiestheTRVenvelopetobe usedforselectionofcircuitbreakers. BasedonSystemVoltage SystemConditionsdecide ThecircuitbreakerspecificTRVenvelopeis tobecalculatedandsystemTRVistobe comparedtothisenvelope. ThesystemTRVshouldbebelowthecircuit breakerTRVenvelopetomakethe application.

Figure EquivalentRLCcircuit

FigureTRVenvelopes100kVandbelow

FigureTRVEnvelopesabove100kV