EP0951749A2 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zum schutz eines objektes gegen fehlerähnliche überströme - Google Patents

Vorrichtung und verfahren zum schutz eines objektes gegen fehlerähnliche überströme

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EP0951749A2
EP0951749A2 EP97951393A EP97951393A EP0951749A2 EP 0951749 A2 EP0951749 A2 EP 0951749A2 EP 97951393 A EP97951393 A EP 97951393A EP 97951393 A EP97951393 A EP 97951393A EP 0951749 A2 EP0951749 A2 EP 0951749A2
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current
arrangement
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breaker
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Mikael Bergkvist
Hans Bernhoff
Mats Ekberg
Bertil Berggren
Jan Isberg
Mats Leijon
Li Ming
Anders Sunesson
Dan Windmar
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02HEMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H3/00Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection
    • H02H3/02Details
    • H02H3/021Details concerning the disconnection itself, e.g. at a particular instant, particularly at zero value of current, disconnection in a predetermined order
    • H02H3/023Details concerning the disconnection itself, e.g. at a particular instant, particularly at zero value of current, disconnection in a predetermined order by short-circuiting

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  • This invention is related to a device according to the pre-characterising part of claim 1. Besides, the invention comprises a method for protecting the object against over-currents.
  • the electric object may be of arbitrary nature as long as it is included in an electric power network and requires protection against fault-related over-currents, i.e. in practice short-circuit currents.
  • the object may be formed by an electric apparatus having a magnetic circuit, e.g. a generator, transformer or motor.
  • other objects may be in question, for instance switch gear equipment etc.
  • the present invention is intended to be applied in connection with medium or high voltage. According to IEC norm, medium voltage refers to 1-72.5 kV whereas high voltage is >72.5 kV. Thus, transmission, sub-transmission and distribution levels are included.
  • HVDC High Voltage Direct Current
  • An object in this connection may be formed by a power line, in particular a cable.
  • the application according to the invention is particularly interesting in connection with submerged cables since those present particular problems from the point of view of protection due to the submarine location. Submerged cables are also often very extended, which means that substantial energy amounts may be stored in the cables.
  • the solution according to the invention is not restricted only to HVDC-plants.
  • the invention may also be applied in other situations where cables are used for electric power transmission. Cases are included where the cable delivers not only alternating current but also di- rect current.
  • Such faults means that the fault current (short-circuit current) of the external network/equipment will tend to flow through the arc. The result may be a very large break- down. It may be mentioned that for the Swedish power network, the dimensioning short-circuit current/fault-current is 63 kA. In reality, the short-circuit current may amount to 40-50 kA.
  • the fault-current will tend to flow from the network towards the fault and, accordingly, through at least parts of the cable and equipment between the same and the network, for instance a HVDC-plant with valves, smoothing capacitors etc. It is desirable to rapidly reduce the fault-current to minimise the damages on the cable. It is also essential to rapidly reduce the fault-current to the HVDC-plant from the network.
  • this aspect is not the subject matter of the present invention.
  • a further fault situation is a consequence of the fact that the cable, in particular when the same has a substantial extent, may have a very large amount of stored energy, which for instance in connection with a fault in the HVDC-plant or other equipment connected to the cable will give rise to a substantial fault-current from the cable to the HVDC-plant or equipment present between said plant and the cable. Also in this regard an efficient protection function would be desirable.
  • the fault may also be present beyond the opposite cable end, a fact which may involve a tendency to a fault current flowing from the opposite cable end towards the adjacent cable end and there may cause damages.
  • a problem with said circuit-breaker is the long break-time thereof.
  • the dimensioning break-time (lEC-norm) for completely accomplished breaking is 150 milliseconds (ms). It is associated to difficulties to reduce this break-time to less than 50-130 ms depending upon the actual case. The consequence thereof is that when there is a fault in the protected object, a very high current will flow through the same during the entire time required for actuating the circuit-breaker to break. During this time the full fault current of the external power network involves a consider- able load on the protected object.
  • a short-circuit current (fault current) in the protected object may be composed of the own contribution of the object to the fault current and the current addition emanating from the network/equipment.
  • the own contribution of the object to the fault current is not influenced by the functioning of the circuit-breaker but the contribution to the fault current from the network/equipment depends upon the operation of the circuit breaker.
  • the requirement for constructing the protected object so that it may withstand a high short-circuit current/fault current during a considerable time period means substantial disadvantages in the form of more expensive design and reduced performance.
  • the object of the present invention is to devise ways to design the device and the method so as to achieve better protection for the object and, accordingly, a reduced load on the same when a fault occurs. This means an increased safety to failures or alternatively, that the object it- self does not have to be designed to withstand a maximum of short-circuit currents/fault currents during relatively long time periods.
  • a sub-object of the invention is to provide a solution particularly useful in HVDC-plants and/or plants involving use of a cable for electric power transmission.
  • an over-current reducing arrangement being connected to the line, said arrangement being actuatable for over-current reduction with the assistance of an over-current condition detecting arrangement.
  • a switching device is arranged in the line between the network/equipment and the object and that the over-current reducing arrangement is actuatable for over-current reduction within a time period substantially less than the break-time of the switching device.
  • the over-current reducing arrangement comprises an over-current diverter for diversion of over-current to earth or otherwise another unit having a lower potential than the network/equipment.
  • the invention is based upon the principle not to rely for breaking purposes only upon a switching device which finally establishes galvanic separation, but instead use a rapidly operating over-current reducing arrangement, which, without effecting any real breaking of the over-cur- rent, nevertheless" reduces the same to such an extent that the object under protection will be subjected to substantially reduced strains and, accordingly, a smaller amount of damages.
  • the reduced over-current/fault current means, accordingly, that when the switching device establishes galvanic separation, the total energy injection into the pro- tected object will have been much smaller than in absence of the over- current reducing arrangement.
  • the device comprises a further breaker arranged in the line between the circuit breaker and the object, said further breaker being designed to break at a lower voltage and current than the switching device and therefore may be designed with a shorter break-time than the switching device as a consequence of a smaller need for movement and a smaller weight of the movable contact(s) of the breaker, said further breaker being arranged to break not until a time when the over-current towards or away from the protected object has been reduced by means of the over-current reducing arrangement. More specifically, the movement required of the movable contact(s) of the further breaker is smaller due to lower voltage whereas the weight of the contact(s) may be held lower due to the fact that the lower current does not require such large contact areas.
  • the invention contemplates that the over-current diverter and the further breaker may be present in plurality.
  • An essential factor in this regard for dimensioning and control is that the fault-current in a certain fault situation should be able to reach the over-current diverter without having to pass any such further breaker which one believes should be open. Instead, the further breaker should then be located such that the current which must be broken by the further breaker has been reduced as a consequence of the operation of the over-current diverter.
  • Fig. 1 is a purely diagrammatical view illustrating the basic aspects behind the solution according to the invention
  • 2d are diagrams illustrating in a diagrammatical form and in a comparative way fault current developments and the energy development with and without the protection device according to the invention
  • Fig. 3 is a diagrammatical view illustrating a conceivable design of a device according to the invention.
  • Fig. 4 is a diagrammatical view illustrating a possible design of the over-current reducing arrangement.
  • Fig. 5 is a diagrammatical view illustrating the device according to the invention applied in an electrical power plant comprising
  • HVDC-valves capacitor banks, reactors etc.
  • An electric power plant comprising a protected object 1 is shown in fig. 1.
  • the object consists in the example of an electric power cable, in particular a submarine cable, the length of which may be considerable. Also further protected objects may be said to be at hand in the example, namely those denoted 7 and 27.
  • the object 7 is formed by a HVDC-valve. It should be noted that such a valve is very comprehensive and comprises, as a rule, a protection equipment of its own in the form of a circuit breaker. Such a circuit breaker is indicated in fig. 1 at 4. This circuit breaker may be entirely separate from the HVDC-valve 7 but it may be considered to be represented by a circuit breaker contained in the HVDC-valve.
  • the object 27 is in the example formed by some suitable auxiliary equipment, for instance filter capacitor banks, reactors etc.
  • a line generally denoted 2 connects the cable 1 to an external supply network 3.
  • the unit denoted 3 could be formed by some other equipment contained in the electric power plant.
  • the power plant involved is conceived to be of such a nature that it is the object 1 itself which primarily is intended to be protected against fault currents from the network/equipment 3 when there occurs a fault in the object 1 giving rise to a fault current from the network/equipment 3 towards the object 1 so that the fault current will flow through the object.
  • Said fault may consist in a short-circuit having been formed in the object 1.
  • a short-circuit is a conduction path, which is not intended, between two or more points.
  • the short-circuit may for instance consist of an arc. This short-circuit and the resulting violent current flow may involve considerable damages and even a total break-down of the object 1.
  • the designation 3 will, to simplify the description, always be mentioned as consisting of an external power network. However, it should be kept in mind that some other equipment may be involved instead of such a network, as long as said equipment causes violent current flows through the object 1 when there is a fault.
  • a conventional circuit breaker 4 is arranged in the line 2 between the object 1 and the network 3.
  • This circuit breaker comprises at least one own sensor for sensing circumstances indicative of the fact that there is an over-current flowing in the line 2. Such circumstances may be currents/voltages but also other indicating that a fault is at hand.
  • the sensor may be an arc sensor or a sensor recording short-circuit sound etc.
  • the circuit breaker 4 is activated for breaking of the connection between the object 1 and the network 3.
  • the circuit breaker 4 must, however, break the total short-circuit current/fault current.
  • the circuit breaker must be designed to fulfil highly placed requirements, which in practice means that it will operate relatively slowly. In fig.
  • FIG. 2a it is illustrated in a current/time-diagram that when a fault, for instance a short-circuit in the object 1 , occurs at the time tf au
  • This fault current i-j is broken by means of the circuit breaker 4 at t-j , which is at least within 150 ms after tf au
  • Fig 2d illustrates the diagram i2-t and, accordingly, the energy developed in the protected object 1 as a consequence of the short-circuit therein.
  • the energy injection into the object occurring as a consequence of the short-circuit current is, accordingly, represented by the total area of the outer rectangle in fig. 2d.
  • the circuit breaker 4 is of such a design that it establishes galvanic separation by separation of metallic contacts. Accordingly, the circuit breaker 4 comprises, as a rule, required auxiliary equipment for arc extinguishing.
  • the line 2 between the object 1 and the switching device 4 is connected to an arrangement reducing over-currents towards the apparatus 1 and generally denoted 5.
  • the arrangement is actuatable for over-current reduction with the assistance of an over-current conditions detecting arrangement within a time period substantially less than the break-time of the circuit breaker 4.
  • This arrangement 5 is, accordingly, designed such that it does not have to establish any galvanic separation. Therefore, conditions are created to very rapidly establish a current reduction without having to accomplish any total elimination of the current flowing from the network 3 towards the protected object 1.
  • Fig 2b illustrates in contrast to the case according to fig.
  • the over-current reducing arrangement 5 is activated upon occurrence of a short-circuit current at the time tf au
  • ft2 represents, accordingly, the reaction time of the over-cur- rent reducing arrangement 5.
  • the task of the arrangement 5 being not to break but only reduce the fault current, the arrangement may be caused to react extremely rapidly, which will be discussed more closely hereunder.
  • to the level ⁇ 2 is intended to be accomplished within one or a few ms after unacceptable over-current conditions having been detected. It is then aimed at to accomplish the current reduction in a shorter time than 1 ms, and preferably more rapidly than 1 microsecond.
  • the device comprises a further breaker generally denoted 6 and arranged in the line 2 between the circuit breaker 4 and the object 1.
  • This further breaker is designed to break at lower voltage and currents than the circuit breaker 4 and may, as a consequence thereof, be designed to operate with shorter break-times than the circuit breaker.
  • the further breaker 6 is arranged to break not until after the over-current from the network 3 towards the object 1 has been reduced by means of the over-current reducing arrangement 5 but substantially earlier than the circuit breaker 4. From that stated, it appears that the further breaker 6 should be coupled to the line 2 in such a way that it is the current reduced by means of the over-current reducing arrangement 5 which will flow through the further breaker and which, accordingly, is to be broken by means thereof.
  • Fig 2b illustrates the action of the further breaker 6.
  • This breaker is, more specifically, designed to break at the time t3, which means that the duration of the current ⁇ 2 reduced by means of the over-current reducing arrangement 5 is substantially delimited, namely to the time period t2-t3-
  • the energy injection into the protected object 1 caused by a fault current from the network 3 is represented by the surfaces marked with oblique lines in fig. 2d. It appears that a drastic reduc- tion of the energy injection is achieved.
  • the energy increases with the square of the current, a reduction to one half of the current reduces the energy injection to a fourth. It is illustrated in fig. 2c how the fault current will flow through the arrangement 5.
  • the dimensioning of the arrangement 5 and the further breaker 6 is conceived to be carried out such that the arrangement 5 reduces the fault current and the voltage to be broken by means of the further breaker 6 to substantially lower levels.
  • a realistic break-time as to the further breaker 6 is 1 ms.
  • the dimensioning should be made such that the breaker 6 is caused to break not until after the arrangement 5 having reduced the current flowing through the breaker 6 to at least a substantial degree.
  • the over-current reducing arrangement generally denoted 5 comprises an over-current diverter 7 for diverting over- currents to earth 8 or otherwise another unit having a lower potential than the network 3.
  • the over-current diverter may be considered as forming a current divider which rapidly establishes a short-circuit to earth or otherwise a low potential 8 for the purpose of diverting at least a substantial part of the current flowing in the line 2 so that said current does not reach the object 1 to be protected.
  • the over-current diverter 10 should be able to establish a short-circuit having a better conductivity than the one corresponding to the short-circuit fault in the object 1 to be protected so that accordingly a main part of the fault current is diverted to earth or otherwise a lower potential via the over-current diverter 10. It appears from this that, accordingly, in a normal fault case, the energy injection into the object 1 in case of a fault becomes substantially smaller than that which is indicated in fig. 2d as a consequence of lower current level i2 as well as shorter time span t2-t ⁇ .
  • the over-current diverter 10 comprises switch means coupled between earth 8 or said lower potential and the line 2 between the object 1 and the network 3.
  • This switch means comprises a control member 9 and a switch member 10.
  • This switch member may for instance be formed by at least one semiconductor component, for instance a thyristor, which is open in a normal state, i.e. isolating in relation to earth, but via the control member 9 may be brought into an active, conducting state in a very short time in order to establish current reduction by diversion to earth.
  • an over-current conditions detecting arrangement may comprise at least one and preferably several sensors 11-13 suitable for detecting such over-current situations requiring activation of the protection function. As also appears from fig. 3, these sensors may include the sensor denoted 13 located in the object 1 or in its vicinity. Furthermore, the detector arrangement comprises a sensor 11 adapted to sense over-current conditions in the line 2 upstreams of the connection of the over-current reducing arrangement 5 and the line 2. As is also explained in the following, it is suitable that a further sensor 12 is provided to sense the current flowing in the line 2 towards the object 1 to be protected, i.e. the current which has been reduced by means of the over- current reducing arrangement 5.
  • the senor 12 is capable of sensing the current flowing in the line 2 in a direction away from the object 1 , for instance in cases where energy magnetically stored in the object 1 gives rise to a current directed away from the object 1.
  • the sensors 11-13 do not necessarily have to be constituted by only current and/or voltage sensing sensors. Within the scope of the invention, the sensors may be of such nature that they generally speaking may sense any conditions indicative of the occurrence of a fault of the nature requiring initiation of a protection function.
  • the device is designed such that the control unit 14 thereof will control the further breaker 6 to closing, in case it would have been open, and, in addition, the over-current reducing ar- rangement 5 is activated such that the short-circuit current may be diverted by means of the same.
  • the function on occurrence of a short-circuit therein could be such that the short-circuit first gives rise to a violent flow of current into the cable, which flow is detected and gives rise to activation of the arrangement 5 for the purpose of current diversion.
  • the breaker 6 is caused to break, but, controlled by means of the control unit 14, not ear- lier than leaving time for the energy, in occurring cases, magnetically stored in the cable 1 to flow away from the cable 1 and be diverted via the arrangement 5.
  • the diversion of the stored energy means, accordingly, that other constituents in the plant, for example the HVDC-valve 7, are protected from the influence of the fault current.
  • the device comprises a control unit generally denoted 14. This is connected to the sensors 11-13, to the over-current reducing arrangement 5 and to the further breaker 6.
  • the operation is such that when the control unit 14 via one or more of the sensors 11-13 receives signals indicating occurrence of unacceptable fault currents towards the object 1 , the over-current reducing arrangement 5 is immediately con- trolled to rapidly provide the required current reduction.
  • the control unit 14 may be arranged such that when the sensor 12 has sensed that the current or voltage has been reduced to a sufficient degree, it controls the breaker 6 to obtain operation thereof for breaking when the over-current is below a predetermined level.
  • the embodiment may alternatively also be such that the breaker 6 is con- trolled to break a certain predetermined time after the over-current reducing arrangement having been controlled to carry out current reduction.
  • the circuit breaker 4 may comprise a detector arrangement of its own for detection of over-current situations or otherwise the circuit breaker may be controlled via the control unit 14 based upon information from the same sensors 11-13 also controlling the operation of the over-current reducing arrangement.
  • the further breaker 6 comprises a switch 15 having metallic contacts.
  • This switch 15 is operable between breaking and closing positions by means of an operating member 16, which in turn is controlled by the control unit 14.
  • a shunt line 17 is connected in parallel over this switch 15, said shunt line comprising one or more com- ponents 18 intended to avoid arcs on separation of the contacts of the switch 15 by causing the shunt line 17 to take over the current conduction from the contacts.
  • These components are designed so that they may break or restrict the current.
  • the components 18 normally should keep the conduction path in the shunt line 17 interrupted but close the shunt line when the switch 15 is to be opened so that accordingly the current is shunted past the switch 15 and in that way arcs do not occur or possibly occurring arcs are efficiently extinguished.
  • the components 18 comprise one or more associated control members 19 connected to the control unit 14 for control purposes.
  • said components 18 are controllable semiconductor components, for instance GTO thyristors, having necessary over-voltage arresters 30.
  • a disconnector 20 for galvanic separation in the current conduction path created by means of the shunt line 17 to the object 1 to be protected is arranged in series with said one or more components 18. This disconnector 20 is via an operating member 21 controlled by the control unit 14.
  • the disconnector 20 is illustrated in fig. 3 as being placed in the shunt line 17 itself. This is of course not necessary.
  • the disconnector 20 could also be placed in the line 2 as long as it ensures real galvanic separation, by series coupling with said one or more components 18, in the conduction path established by means of said series coupling so that accordingly there is not any possibility for current to flow through the components 18.
  • the device as it has been described so far operates in the following manner: In absence of a fault, the circuit breaker 4 is closed just like the switch 15 of the further breaker 6. The components 18 in the shunt line 17 are in a non-conducting state. The disconnector 20 is closed. Finally, the switch means 10 of the over-current reducing arrangement 5 is open, i.e. it is in a non-conducting state. In this situation the switch means 10 must, of course, have an adequate electrical strength so that it is not inadvertently brought into a conducting state. Over-voltage conditions occurring in the line 2 as a consequence of atmospheric (lightning stroke) circumstances or coupling measures may, accordingly, not involve the voltage strength of the switch means 10 in its non-conducting state to be exceeded.
  • over-voltage arrester 22 it is suitable to couple at least one over-voltage arrester 22 in parallel with the switch means 10.
  • over-voltage arresters are illustrated on both sides of the switch means 10. Accordingly, the over-voltage arresters have the purpose to divert such over-voltages which otherwise could involve a risk for inadvertent break-through in the switch means 10.
  • the control unit 14 controls the over-current reducing arrangement 5 to effect such reduction, and this more specifically by bringing, via the control member 9, the switch means 10 into an electrically conducting state. As described before, this may occur very rapidly, i.e.
  • the components 18, e.g. GTO thyristors or gas switches are via the control members 19 controlled to establish conductivity of the shunt line 17.
  • the switch 15 has been opened and, thus, provided galvanic separation
  • the component 18 is again controlled to bring the shunt line 17 into a non-conducting state. In that way the current from the network 3 towards the object 1 has been efficiently cut off.
  • galvanic separation may, in addition, be effected by means of the disconnector 20 by controlling the operating member 21 thereof from the control unit 14.
  • the over-current reducing arrangement as well as the further breaker 6 can be operated repeatedly.
  • the switch means 10 is reset to a non-conducting state and the switch 15 and the disconnector 20 are again closed so that when the circuit breaker 4 next time closes, the protection device is completely operable.
  • the over-current reducing arrangement 5 may require exchange of one or more parts in order to operate again.
  • the component or components 18 could be brought into a conducting state as soon as the over-current reducing arrangement 5 has been brought into a closing state and this independently of whether the switch 15 possibly is not opened thereafter.
  • the control of the components 18 could then, as described before, occur via the control unit 14 or, alternatively, by means of a control function involving a slavish following of the closing of the arrangement 5.
  • the HVDC-valve 7 by its constituents could be capable of, depending upon the design, breaking or restricting the fault current that has occurred as a consequence of an in- sulation fault in the object 1 before the circuit breaker 4 manages to effect such breaking. It may occur that the fault that has arisen also means that the HVDC-valve 7 is caused to be inoperative in a more or less serious manner.
  • the arrangement to the left of the dividing plane p means that closing of the switch means 10 also involves a protection for the component 27 when the fault is present in the cable. Also the further breaker 6 will provide protection for the component 27.
  • the compo- nent 27a is located on the protected side of the switch means 10a and the breaker 6a. Furthermore, the switch means 10a will be able to take care of and to divert to earth over-currents arriving from the left in fig. 1 whereas the further breaker 6a serves for breaking, comparatively rapidly, of the line towards the HVDC-valve 7a present to the right and the feeding receiving network 3a present therein. Further aspects with regard to different protection situations will be discussed hereunder with the assistance of fig. 5.
  • Fig 4 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the over-current reducing arrangement 5.
  • the embodiment according to fig. 4 is intended to involve causing of a medium present in a gap 24 between electrodes 23 to assume electrical conductivity by means of a control member 9a.
  • This control member is arranged to control the operation of members 25 for causing or at least initiating the medium or a part thereof in the gap 24 into a conducting state.
  • Said member 25 is in the example arranged to cause the medium in the gap 24 to assume electrical conductivity by causing or at least assisting in causing the medium to ionisation/plasma.
  • the members 25 comprise at least one laser, which by energy supply to the medium in the gap 24 provides for the ionisation.
  • a mirror 26 may be used for necessary diverting of the laser beam bundle.
  • the embodiment according to fig. 4 may be such that the means 25 do not alone give rise to ionisation/plasma in the entire electrode gap.
  • the intention may be that an electrical field imposed over the gap should con- tribute in ionisation/plasma formation, only a part of the medium in the gap being ionised by means of the members 25 so that thereafter the electrical field in the gap gives rise to establishment of plasma in the entire gap.
  • the members 25 in the embodiment according to fig. 4 should be designed so that the electrode gap 24 between the electrodes 23 approximately momentarily are imparted conductivity as a consequence of the supply of radiation energy.
  • the member 25 and the associ- ated radiation directing equipment is designed so that the radiation energy is caused to form a substantially continuos, electrically conducting plasma channel between the electrodes.
  • Such en embodiment means that the dependency upon an electrically driving field between the electrodes has been substantially reduced.
  • a comple- mentary comment must be given, namely that the two control units 14 and 14a at the two ends of the plant suitably communicate mutually via a connection denoted 31. In this way an individual control unit may take advantage of the information picked up by the sensors of the other control units so that, depending on the actual circumstances, co-ordinated protection measures are carried out.
  • a further breaker 6c could be arranged to break the line 2 in a direction towards the object 7 after the over-current diverter 10 having reduced the size of the flowing current.
  • a further over-current diverter 10d could be arranged in connection with the line 2 on that side of the component 27a which is opposite to the diverter 10a so that accordingly the component 27a lo- cated on the opposite side of the component 27a as compared to the diverter 10a obtained an over-current diverter on both sides.
  • a further breaker 6d would then also be recommendable to apply in the line 2. This further breaker 6d would be intended to break the line 2 when the current therein has been reduced by means of the diverter 10d.
  • the further breaker 6d would have to be placed in the line 2 between the connection of the diverter 10d and the component 27a to the line.
  • a further breaker 6d could be arranged in the line 2. This further breaker could then be located between the cable 1 and the connection of the diverter 10a to the line 2.

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