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EP0684622B1
EP0684622B1 EP95401121A EP95401121A EP0684622B1 EP 0684622 B1 EP0684622 B1 EP 0684622B1 EP 95401121 A EP95401121 A EP 95401121A EP 95401121 A EP95401121 A EP 95401121A EP 0684622 B1 EP0684622 B1 EP 0684622B1
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Denis Dufournet
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H33/00—High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H33/70—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
    • H01H33/88—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts
    • H01H33/90—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts this movement being effected by or in conjunction with the contact-operating mechanism
    • H01H33/901—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts this movement being effected by or in conjunction with the contact-operating mechanism making use of the energy of the arc or an auxiliary arc
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H33/00—High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H33/70—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
    • H01H33/88—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts
    • H01H33/90—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts this movement being effected by or in conjunction with the contact-operating mechanism
    • H01H2033/906—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts this movement being effected by or in conjunction with the contact-operating mechanism with pressure limitation in the compression volume, e.g. by valves or bleeder openings
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H33/00—High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H33/70—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
    • H01H33/88—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts
    • H01H33/90—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts this movement being effected by or in conjunction with the contact-operating mechanism
    • H01H2033/908—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts this movement being effected by or in conjunction with the contact-operating mechanism using valves for regulating communication between, e.g. arc space, hot volume, compression volume, surrounding volume
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H3/00—Mechanisms for operating contacts
    • H01H3/60—Mechanical arrangements for preventing or damping vibration or shock
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H33/00—High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H33/70—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
    • H01H33/88—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts
    • H01H33/90—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts this movement being effected by or in conjunction with the contact-operating mechanism
    • H01H33/905—Switches with separate means for directing, obtaining, or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid the flow of arc-extinguishing fluid being produced or increased by movement of pistons or other pressure-producing parts this movement being effected by or in conjunction with the contact-operating mechanism the compression volume being formed by a movable cylinder and a semi-mobile piston

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  • the present invention relates to a circuit breaker with booster autocompression especially for high voltage.
  • a circuit breaker of the type self-blowing including a filled insulating jacket pressurized dielectric gas, two arcing contacts cooperating with each other, at least one of which is part of a movable contact assembly integral with a maneuver and adapted to be moved axially in the envelope between a closed position and a position opening, the mobile contact assembly being constituted by a first tube carrying the arcing contact at its end mobile and a second tube coaxial to the first tube for delimit, on either side of a crown connecting the first and second tubes, a volume expansion chamber constant closed by a blowing nozzle and a compression communicating with the expansion chamber and closed by a piston, first means of setting gas compression in the compression chamber during a first part of the displacement of the contact assembly movable between closed position and position opening and second gas decompression means in the compression chamber for a second part of this same displacement of the movable contact assembly being planned.
  • the piston is semi-mobile and means are provided for immobilizing the piston during a first part of the displacement of the contact assembly movable between closed position and position opening and means for axially moving the piston with the moving contact assembly for a second part of this same movement of the movable contact assembly.
  • the means for axially moving the piston consists of a drive member integral with the contact assembly mobile which causes a stop integral with the piston during the second part of the displacement of the contact assembly mobile, this stop being arranged on the path of the member training.
  • the piston is connected to a third tube provided with at least one light in which a finger integral with the first tube and which extends radially relative to it towards the second tube.
  • the way to immobilize the piston is constituted a spring disposed between the drive member and the piston and by a fixed retainer cooperating with the piston.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a circuit breaker with low operating energy and therefore inexpensive, the blowing of weak currents is done by autocompression and blowing strong currents by thermal expansion.
  • the first means include the fixed piston cooperating with the first tube on a certain stroke x and the second means include a means of evacuating the gas contained in the compression chamber out of it acting once the race x finished.
  • the course x is equal to the course of the movable arcing contact on the fixed arcing contact before their separation.
  • the first tube is closed frontally by a wall arranged at a certain distance d1 from the crown on the side opposite the arcing contacts.
  • the second means comprise at least a light made in the first tube, arranged on the side crown opposite to arcing contacts, length greater than the thickness of the piston and with the most distant from the crown is at a distance d from the crown, the distance d being less than or equal to the distance d1 and the side opposite the movable arcing contact of the piston being distant by a length equal to d + x from the crown in closed position.
  • the edge of the light closest to the crown is at a distance d2 from the upper piston or equal to the total travel of the movable arcing contact, when the circuit breaker is in the closed position.
  • the light is adjacent to said wall, the distance d being equal to the distance d1.
  • a sliding annular stop is arranged inside the compression chamber, the stop coming into abutment against the crown after the race x thanks to a damping spring arranged between this stop and the piston.
  • the light may consist of a set of orifices made in the first tube.
  • the gas contained in the compression is vented out of it inside of the envelope, once the race x is finished and to do this, advantageously, the piston is carried by a fixed tube coaxial with said first and second tubes and pierced with at least a gas discharge orifice, located near its end opposite to said contacts.
  • Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a circuit breaker according to the invention in the closed position.
  • Figures 2 and 3 are sectional views longitudinal of a circuit breaker according to the invention in intermediate positions between the closed position and the open position.
  • Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a circuit breaker according to the invention in the open position.
  • Figures 5 to 7 are views in longitudinal section of a circuit breaker according to the invention in positions of closing, intermediate and opening, according to a variant of achievement.
  • the circuit breaker shown in the figures includes, conventionally, an insulating jacket 1 filled with a gas dielectric under pressure, two arcing contacts 3A, 7A cooperating with each other, at least one of which is part of a movable contact assembly integral with a operation 6 and adapted to be moved axially in envelope 1 between a closed position and a open position, the movable contact assembly being constituted by a first tube 7 carrying at its end the movable arcing contact 7A and a second tube 8 coaxial with first tube 7 to delimit, on either side of a ring 9 connecting the first and second tubes, a expansion chamber 17 at constant volume closed by a nozzle blowing 10 and a compression chamber 18 communicating via a one-way valve 2 with the expansion chamber and closed by a piston 11.
  • the circuit breaker may also have a permanent contact 14 cooperating with the end 8A of the second tube 8 forming permanent mobile contact.
  • the first means are provided of compression of the gas in the compression chamber 18 during a first part of the movement of the assembly of movable contact between the closed position and the open position and second decompression means gas in the compression chamber 18 for one second part of this same displacement of the contact assembly mobile.
  • the first means include the fixed piston 11 cooperating with the first tube 7 over a certain stroke x when moving the mobile assembly and the latter means include means for discharging the contained gas in the compression chamber 18 outside of it acting once the race x has ended.
  • the stroke x is equal to the stroke of the arcing contact movable 7A on the fixed arcing contact 3A before their separation.
  • the first tube 7 is closed frontally by a wall 5 arranged at a certain distance d1 from the crown 9 on the side thereof opposite the arcing contacts.
  • the second means include at least one light made in the first tube 7, disposed on the side of the ring 9 opposite to the arcing contacts, of greater length at the thickness of the piston 11 and the edge of which is furthest from crown 9 is at a distance d from crown 9, the distance d being equal to the distance dl, but being able to be possibly lower, and the face opposite to the contact movable arc 7A of the piston 11 being spaced a length equal to d + x of the crown 9 in the closed position.
  • the edge of light 4 closest to the crown 9 is at a distance d2 from piston 11 greater than or equal to the total travel of the movable arcing contact 7A, when the circuit breaker is in the closed position.
  • Light 4 can be made up of a set orifices made in the first tube 7. These orifices can be aligned on a generator of tube 7 and / or arranged according to different generators. In that case, the edges specified above are the extreme edges of the set of orifices.
  • the piston 11 is carried by a fixed tube 21 for example integral with the socket 20 and coaxial to said first and second tubes 7, 8 and pierced with at least one gas discharge orifice 22, located near its opposite end to said contacts 3A, 7A.
  • the mobile contact assembly driven by the operating member 6 moves towards the right (as shown in Figure 1) and the fixed piston 11 and the tube 7 moves relatively over a stroke x as shown in figure 2.
  • the gas is then compressed in the compression chamber 18 and pushes the valve 2 in the open position. Gas is therefore also compressed in the expansion chamber 17. Given the light 4, it is also compressed in volume 19 to inside the first tube 7, this volume 19 then being closed by the wall 5 and by the fixed contact 3A cooperating with movable contact 7A.
  • the movement of the mobile assembly continues for reach the open position shown in the figure 4 and the blowing extends between the contacts 3A and 7A as the gas continues to drain behind the piston 11.
  • the distance d2 being greater than or equal to the stroke total of the movable arcing contact, at the end of opening, the compression chamber 18 is always in communication with the volume 19 and the gas of this chamber 18 can always be evacuated.
  • a sliding annular stop 13 is disposed inside the compression chamber 18, the abutment abutting crown 9 after stroke x thanks to a damping spring 12 disposed between this stop 13 and piston 11 and fixed by its ends to these two pieces.

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  • Driving Mechanisms And Operating Circuits Of Arc-Extinguishing High-Tension Switches (AREA)
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EP95401121A 1994-05-19 1995-05-15 Disjoncteur à autocompression réduite Expired - Lifetime EP0684622B1 (fr)

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FR9406128A FR2720188B1 (fr) 1994-05-19 1994-05-19 Disjoncteur à autocompression réduite.
FR9406128 1994-05-19

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CN (1) CN1074163C (zh)
AT (1) ATE191809T1 (zh)
AU (1) AU693174B2 (zh)
BR (1) BR9502083A (zh)
CA (1) CA2149490A1 (zh)
DE (1) DE69516206T2 (zh)
ES (1) ES2145229T3 (zh)
FR (1) FR2720188B1 (zh)
PL (1) PL179913B1 (zh)
PT (1) PT684622E (zh)
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FR2720188A1 (fr) 1995-11-24
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ZA954068B (en) 1996-01-19
PL308663A1 (en) 1995-11-27
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