Current-limiting air direct-current circuit breaker arc extinguishing device and arc extinguishing method thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of arc extinction of low-voltage direct-current circuit breakers, relates to a current-limiting air direct-current circuit breaker arc extinction device and further relates to an arc extinction method of the arc extinction device.
Background
In recent years, the wide application of distributed energy photovoltaic power generation and wind power generation promotes the rapid development of a direct-current micro-grid and an alternating-current and direct-current hybrid power distribution network, and the requirements on a direct-current circuit breaker for protecting a photovoltaic power generation system and the alternating-current and direct-current hybrid power distribution network are more and more strict. On the one hand, the voltage of the direct current side is required to be continuously improved, and on the other hand, in order to save cost, the volume of the power distribution cabinet does not rise or fall reversely, so that the volume of the direct current breaker is required to be smaller and smaller. The breaking performance of the circuit breaker mainly depends on the arc extinguishing performance, namely whether the circuit breaker can be successfully broken or not and whether the electric arc can be rapidly extinguished or not. Direct current arc is different from alternating current arc, and direct current arc does not have natural zero crossing point, so arc extinction is more difficult, and for traditional mechanical circuit breaker, need to cut off the electric arc of high voltage, usually by multipolar series connection to improve arc voltage, force arc current zero crossing, thereby make direct current arc extinguish.
For DC1500V DC arc, 3-pole or 4-pole series connection is usually required to successfully cut off the short circuit current, but this is contrary to the current demand for circuit breaker miniaturization. Therefore, higher system voltages and smaller circuit breaker volumes constitute the core difficulties in the development of dc circuit breakers. Therefore, many circuit breaker manufacturers improve the single-pole arc extinguishing performance by adding the permanent magnet and the gas generating material, so as to realize the miniaturization design of the high-voltage circuit breaker, but the cost is increased on one hand, and on the other hand, due to the existence of the permanent magnet, the non-polarity on-off requirement of the direct-current circuit breaker is difficult to realize.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an arc extinguishing device of a current-limiting air direct-current circuit breaker and an arc extinguishing method thereof, and solves the problem that the arc extinguishing chamber in the prior art has a large volume because 3 poles or 4 poles are connected in series and can break short-circuit current.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention is that the current-limiting air direct current breaker arc extinguishing device comprises two parallel arc extinguishing chambers arranged on a wiring terminal; two parallel arc-extinguishing chambers are respectively provided with a mechanical fracture S1And mechanical fracture S2(ii) a Mechanical fracture S1And mechanical fracture S2Are respectively connected with two movable guide rods; one of the two movable guide rods is connected with the wiring terminal through a parallel resistor.
The tail ends of the two movable guide rods are connected and fixed through a series copper plate, and a movable guide rod connecting lead is connected between the two movable guide rods.
One end of the parallel resistor passes through a mechanical fracture S on the resistor lead and the wiring terminal1The stationary contact at one side is connected, and the other end is connected with the series copper plate through a resistance wire.
The resistance of the parallel resistor is 2-3 times of the resistance of the line resistor.
The invention is also characterized in that:
an arc extinguishing method of an arc extinguishing device of a current-limiting air direct current breaker comprises the following specific steps:
step 1, when a short circuit occurs due to a line fault, a mechanical fracture S is cut off according to the collected current signal1Cut off, current passing through parallel resistor and mechanical break S2Forming a closed loop;
step 2, then, the mechanical fracture S is disconnected2The arc is extinguished and the faulty line is successfully cut off.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
1) the invention not only does not need to greatly reform the arc extinguish chamber structure of the original circuit breaker, but also can improve the on-off voltage and on-off short-circuit current of the whole circuit breaker and greatly improve the on-off performance of the circuit breaker.
2) Because the arc extinguish chamber does not need to add gas production materials and permanent magnets, the cost of the whole product is reduced, meanwhile, the short-circuit current under high voltage is cut off, and the cut-off can be realized only by 2 poles of the original mechanical circuit breaker at most, the volume of the whole circuit breaker is greatly reduced, and the miniaturization design requirement of the circuit breaker is realized.
3) Due to mechanical fracture S2When the circuit breaker is opened, the current is small, and the ablation on the contact and the grid piece is small, so that the electric service life of the circuit breaker is prolonged.
4) Because the permanent magnet is not used, the influence of the polarity of the direct current is eliminated, and the direct current non-polarity switching-on and switching-off are realized.
5) When short-circuit current occurs, the loop resistance is equivalently increased due to the existence of the parallel resistance, the circuit time constant is reduced, and meanwhile, the electric arc energy injected into the mechanical fracture is reduced due to the consumption of the resistance on the electric arc energy, so that the quick switching-on and switching-off of the electric arc are facilitated.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of an arc extinguishing device of a current-limiting air DC circuit breaker;
FIG. 2 is a mechanical port structure diagram of the arc extinguishing device of the current-limiting type air DC circuit breaker;
FIG. 3 is a schematic circuit diagram of the arc extinguishing device of the current-limiting type air DC circuit breaker and the arc extinguishing method thereof;
fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a current path during normal operation in the arc extinguishing apparatus and the arc extinguishing method of the current-limiting type air dc circuit breaker according to the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a current circulation path during a short-circuit fault in the arc extinguishing apparatus and the arc extinguishing method of the current-limiting type air dc breaker according to the present invention.
In the figure, 1, a connecting terminal, 2, an arc extinguish chamber, 3, a stationary contact, 4, a resistor wire, 5, a parallel resistor, 6, a movable guide rod connecting wire, 7, a series copper plate and 8, a mechanical fracture S29. mechanical fracture S1。
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
As shown in fig. 1-2, an arc extinguishing device of a current-limiting air direct current circuit breaker comprises two parallel arc extinguishing chambers 2 mounted on a connecting terminal 1; the two parallel arc-extinguishing chambers 2 are respectively provided with a mechanical fracture S19 and mechanical fracture S 28; mechanical fracture S19 and mechanical fracture S 28 are respectively connected with two movable guide rods; one of the two movable guide rods is connected with the wiring terminal 1 through a parallel resistor 5. The parallel resistor 5 is connected in parallel between the mechanical fractures of any one-pole arc extinguish chamber 2, so that the current limiting effect is realized, and the purpose of effectively reducing the size of the device under high voltage is achieved.
In the invention, each arc extinguishing chamber 2 is of a conventional design and comprises a plurality of arc extinguishing grid pieces. The operating mechanism of the movable contact is also independent in each arc extinguishing chamber 2.
The tail ends of the two movable guide rods are fixedly connected through a series copper plate 7, and a movable guide rod connecting lead 6 is connected between the two movable guide rods.
One end of the parallel resistor 5 passes through the resistorMechanical fracture S on wire 4 and connecting terminal 11The stationary contact 3 on one side of 9 is connected, and the other end is connected with a series copper plate 7 through a resistance wire 4.
The resistance of the parallel resistor 5 is 2-3 times of the resistance of the line resistor.
Due to the parallel resistor 5, on the one hand, the total resistance in the whole circuit is increased, thereby reducing the short-circuit current, namely, the current limiting function is realized. On the other hand, mechanical fracture S is reduced28, the arc energy when the breaker is opened accelerates the arc extinguishing and simultaneously improves the service life of the breaker.
As shown in fig. 3 to 5, an arc extinguishing method of an arc extinguishing device of a current-limiting air dc circuit breaker includes the following specific steps:
when the circuit is normally switched on, the direct current breaker switches on rated current, and the mechanical fracture S of the two arc extinguish chambers 2 connected in series19 and mechanical fracture S 28 are both closed, at which point the parallel resistance 5 is short-circuited and the current passes through the mechanical break S19 and mechanical fracture S 28 form a loop, mechanical break S19 and mechanical fracture S 28, the resistance is very small, and the circuit loss is basically 0;
step 1, when a short circuit occurs due to a line fault, a mechanical fracture S is cut off according to the collected current signal19, the short-circuit current is transferred to the branch where the parallel resistor 5 is positioned, and at the moment, the mechanical fracture S1Equivalent to opening at zero current, thus reducing the erosion of the arc to its contacts, the current passing through the parallel resistance 5 and the mechanical break S 28, forming a closed loop; at this time, the total resistance value in the circuit is increased, and the short-circuit current is reduced, thereby playing a role of limiting the current.
Step 2, then, the mechanical fracture S is disconnected2And 8, extinguishing the electric arc and successfully cutting off the fault line.
The invention not only does not need to greatly reform the arc extinguish chamber structure of the original circuit breaker, but also can improve the on-off voltage and on-off short-circuit current of the whole circuit breaker.
Example 1
For a dc high voltage line, the system voltage is dc1500V, and a short circuit current of 15kA is expected.
According to known conditions, the line resistance R1 is calculated to be 0.1 Ω, if the parallel resistance is designed to be R2 ═ 0.2 Ω, when the mechanical break S is broken1After disconnection, the in-line resistance became 0.3 Ω in sum of the line resistance and the parallel resistance R2. At this time, the short-circuit current i in the line is 1500/0.3 to 5 kA. The short circuit current before current limiting is reduced 2/3. Mechanical fracture S2The voltage at two ends is 1500V when the circuit is disconnected, but the short-circuit current is only 5kA, and the mechanical fracture S2It will be easy to switch off the small short-circuit current.
The invention has the following advantages:
1) the invention not only does not need to greatly reform the arc extinguish chamber structure of the original circuit breaker, but also can improve the on-off voltage and on-off short-circuit current of the whole circuit breaker and greatly improve the on-off performance of the circuit breaker.
2) Because the arc extinguish chamber does not need to add gas production materials and permanent magnets, the cost of the whole product is reduced, meanwhile, the short-circuit current under high voltage is cut off, and the cut-off can be realized only by 2 poles of the original mechanical circuit breaker at most, the volume of the whole circuit breaker is greatly reduced, and the miniaturization design requirement of the circuit breaker is realized.
3) Due to mechanical fracture S2When the circuit breaker is opened, the current is small, and the ablation on the contact and the grid piece is small, so that the electric service life of the circuit breaker is prolonged.
4) Because the permanent magnet is not used, the influence of the polarity of the direct current is eliminated, and the direct current non-polarity switching-on and switching-off are realized.
5) When short-circuit current occurs, the loop resistance is equivalently increased due to the existence of the parallel resistance, the circuit time constant is reduced, and meanwhile, the electric arc energy injected into the mechanical fracture is reduced due to the consumption of the resistance on the electric arc energy, so that the quick switching-on and switching-off of the electric arc are facilitated.