EE17701 Protection and

Switchgear
TYPES OF CIRCUIT BREAKERS
 Classification Based on Voltage

(i) Low Voltage Circuit Breaker (less than 1 kV)

(ii) Medium Voltage Circuit Breaker (1 kV to 52 kV)

(iii) High Voltage Circuit Breakers (66 kV to 220 kV)

(iv) Extra High Voltage (EHV) Circuit Breaker (300 kV to 765 kV)

(v) Ultra High Voltage (UHV) Circuit Breaker (above 765 kV)
Air-break circuit breaker
OIL CIRCUIT BREAKER
Voltage distribution across breaks
Cross-jet explosion pot
Cross-jet explosion pot
minimum oil circuit breaker
 SF6 CIRCUIT BREAKERS
Properties of SF6 Gas
The properties of SF6 gas can be divided as
(i) Physical properties
(ii) Chemical properties
(iii) Electrical properties
Electrical Properties of SF6 Gas
Direct attachment process: SF6 + e -> SF6 –
Dissociative attachment process: SF6 + e-> SF5 –
+F
Arcing contact system of SF6 circuit breakers of (a) double-pressure type (b)
puffer type (c) self-blast type and (d) rotating-arc type
VACUUM CIRCUIT BREAKERS
Asymmetrical Breaking Capacity
Making Capacity
Description ACB VCB SF6
Abbreviatio
n of the Air Circuit Sulphur Hexa Fluoride Circuit
Vacuum Circuit Breaker
Circuit Breaker Breaker
Breaker
LV voltage
Voltage application upto MV (Medium Voltage) from 11kV up to High Voltage and EHV application
Application 690 Volts 33 kV above 11kV to 1010 kV
50Hz/60 Hz
Arc
Quenching Air Vacuum SF6 Gas
Medium
Air act as a good
dielectric
SF6 Gases are absorbed the free
medium. Since
electron, which is developed by the
moving and fixed Free electron cannot be formed in
electric arc. Basically
contact are kept vacuum, Since the vacuum filled In
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) is an
Working in open air with between the male and female contact.
inert, heavy gas having good
Principle closed package. Whenever the circuit breaker
dielectric and arc extinguishing