EP1538645A1 - Hybrid-Leistungsschalter - Google Patents

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EP1538645A1
EP1538645A1 EP03293050A EP03293050A EP1538645A1 EP 1538645 A1 EP1538645 A1 EP 1538645A1 EP 03293050 A EP03293050 A EP 03293050A EP 03293050 A EP03293050 A EP 03293050A EP 1538645 A1 EP1538645 A1 EP 1538645A1
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Pierre Sellier
Ronan Besrest
Claudio Zimmermann
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H3/00—Mechanisms for operating contacts
    • H01H3/22—Power arrangements internal to the switch for operating the driving mechanism
    • H01H3/222—Power arrangements internal to the switch for operating the driving mechanism using electrodynamic repulsion
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/54—Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular application of the switching device and for which no provision exists elsewhere
    • H01H9/541—Contacts shunted by semiconductor devices
    • H01H9/542—Contacts shunted by static switch means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H3/00—Mechanisms for operating contacts
    • H01H3/22—Power arrangements internal to the switch for operating the driving mechanism
    • H01H3/222—Power arrangements internal to the switch for operating the driving mechanism using electrodynamic repulsion
    • H01H2003/225—Power arrangements internal to the switch for operating the driving mechanism using electrodynamic repulsion with coil contact, i.e. the movable contact itself forms a secondary coil in which the repulsing current is induced by an operating current in a stationary coil
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/54—Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular application of the switching device and for which no provision exists elsewhere
    • H01H9/548—Electromechanical and static switch connected in series

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  • the present invention relates to the field circuit breaker devices, particularly for networks alternative or continuous electric and systems or electrical equipment in general.
  • These devices circuit breaker that is inserted into an electrical circuit to protect have a switch element that cuts current flowing in the circuit to be protected in abnormal operating conditions, for example in case of a short circuit appearing in the circuit to protect.
  • the mechanical break is reflected by the establishment of an electric arc because of significant energies accumulated in the circuit in which the circuit-breaker device is mounted and that protected.
  • This electric arc degrades firstly by erosion the conductive parts making contact and on the other hand the environment surrounding the element ionization switch. So the current puts a some time to stop because of this ionization. This electric arc by degrading the pieces contacting conductors requires operations maintenance and costly.
  • the conductive parts making contact are placed in an interrupting chamber, it is a chamber filled with a specific medium that can be air, the vacuum, a particular gas for example sulfur hexafluoride SF 6 but which in the future will probably be banned for environmental reasons.
  • This specific medium is able to withstand the overpressure created by the formation of the electric arc and is intended to promote its extinction.
  • Such devices circuit breaker element mechanical switch have a high break time.
  • the time for the mechanical switch element opens up is of the order of milliseconds or even several milliseconds.
  • Another disadvantage is that they are bulky, the dimensions of the breaking chamber are all the more important as the tension is high.
  • the first systems using power thyristors were born in low voltage BT ( ⁇ 1kV).
  • IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor is bipolar transistor with insulated door
  • IGCT abbreviation Anglo-Saxon integrated gate-switched SCR either an integrated switched gate thyristor
  • Circuit breaker devices have losses by Joule effect in the on state and a cooling device must be provided. It is necessary also integrate a system of dissipation of the energy present at the moment of the cut.
  • circuit breaker devices Purely static, solely component-based semiconductors for voltages of several kilovolts and currents greater than the kilo ampere therefore remains problematic.
  • This device circuit breaker 10 is intended to protect a circuit electrical material materialized by an electric line L.
  • the circuit breaker device 10 is connected in series with the circuit to be protected L.
  • Circuit breaker device 10 has a main branch 1 in which find a mechanical switch element 2 and a auxiliary branch 3 mounted in parallel with the main branch 1.
  • Auxiliary branch 3 has a semiconductor breaking cell 4.
  • This cutoff cell 4 features a Graetz 40 bridge with four diodes D and connected across a diagonal of the Graetz bridge 40 at least one break element to semiconductor 41 connected in parallel with a varistor 42.
  • This cutoff element can be a thyristor.
  • This element can be ordered at the opening for example an IGCT type thyristor.
  • a simple thyristor is not "commandable at the opening ". It does not open after an order, than a zero current.
  • the semiconductor breaking element 41 is either in a passing state (closed) or in a non-passing state, which makes the cell break in semiconductor passing (open) or not passing (closed).
  • connection of the break cell to semiconductor 4 to the main branch 1 is done at level of the ends of the other diagonal of the bridge of Graetz 40.
  • the element mechanical switch 2 In normal operation, the element mechanical switch 2 is closed. His two pieces contacting conductors are in mechanical contact.
  • the semiconductor breaking element 41 is in a not passing state.
  • the circuit L to be protected can be traveled by an electrical current via the branch main 1 of the circuit breaker device ie via the mechanical switch element 2 and this practically without losses by Joule effect.
  • means (not shown) command the opening of the mechanical switch element 2 and simultaneously the switching on the semiconductor breaking element 41.
  • a weak electric arc appears at level of conductive parts making contact the mechanical switch element 2 at their separation. The voltage corresponding to this arc electrical power allows the current flowing through the circuit to be protected L to switch quickly in the auxiliary branch 3 in which the cell of 4 semiconductor break is busy.
  • the semiconductor breaking element 41 of the breaking cell 4 is set to the non-conducting state, which allows the final cut of the current in the circuit L to protect.
  • This hybrid circuit breaker device 10 solves so some of the technical difficulties of the purely static circuit-breaker devices, but its performances are mainly dependent on the opening speed of the mechanical switch element 2.
  • circuit breaker devices whether static or hybrid, do not give satisfaction especially in the case of high applications high power voltage.
  • the present invention precisely aims to propose a hybrid circuit breaker device that does not does not have the disadvantages mentioned above.
  • an object of the invention is to propose a hybrid circuit breaker device having a mechanical switch element and a semiconductor breaking element capable of driving a direct or alternating current and in which do not appear an electric arc when opening the mechanical switch element even though the current is important.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a hybrid circuit breaker device with maintenance scaled down.
  • the invention more specifically a circuit breaker device having a main branch containing an element mechanical switch and an auxiliary branch containing a semiconductor breaking cell, this auxiliary branch being mounted in parallel with the main branch.
  • the main branch comprises in series with the mechanical switch element a serial module for switching assistance including a semiconductor breaking cell controllable at the opening in parallel with an impedance.
  • Branch Auxiliary includes a parallel module to help switching comprising an impedance, this impedance including at least one capacitor type element.
  • the impedance of the serial module of switching is preferably a varistor.
  • the semiconductor breaking cell commandable at the opening may include at least one series set with a diode and a thyristor type IGCT.
  • the semiconductor breaking cell commandable at opening can have two sets series mounted in parallel head-to-tail.
  • the semiconductor break cell of the auxiliary branch may have at least one thyristor.
  • the semiconductor breaking cell of the auxiliary branch may have two thyristors parallel mounted head to tail.
  • the auxiliary branch cut-off cell has a thyristor and a Graetz bridge having two diagonals, the thyristor forming a diagonal of the Graetz bridge, the main branch forming the other diagonal of the bridge from Graetz.
  • the impedance of the parallel module for switching assistance may include a capacitor in series with the thyristor.
  • a series inductor can be mounted in series with the capacitor.
  • the impedance of the parallel switching assistance module may comprise an assembly formed of a capacitor and of a first resistor connected in parallel, this set being in series with a second resistance and with the semiconductor cutoff cell of the auxiliary branch.
  • a series inductor can be mounted in series with the set and the second resistance.
  • the module parallel switching assistance may include a Graetz bridge having two diagonals, one set parallel with the capacitor and a resistance being connected to the terminals of a first diagonal of the bridge of Graetz, an auxiliary inductor being connected to terminals of the other diagonal, one of the terminals of the second diagonal is connected to the cutoff cell at semiconductor of the auxiliary branch.
  • a series inductor can be connected between the Graetz bridge and the break cell at semiconductor of the auxiliary branch.
  • the switch element mechanics may include a movable contact at Thomson type electromagnetic drive.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for tripping a circuit breaker device thus characterized. It consists, in the presence of an overcurrent in the main branch, switching from an on state to a non-on state the controllable semiconductor breaking cell to the opening of the switching aid serial module, to switch from a non-on state to a passing state the semiconductor break cell of the auxiliary branch, then to open the mechanical switch element which was initially closed, and finally to switch, from the appearance of a current zero, the state in the non-passing state the semiconductor breaking cell of the auxiliary branch.
  • FIG. 2 schematically shows a device circuit breaker according to the invention.
  • This device comprises as in the prior art a main branch 1 containing a mechanical switch element 2 and a auxiliary branch 3 mounted in parallel with the main branch 1 and containing a cell of semiconductor break 4.
  • This break cell semiconductor is either in a passing state or in a a non-passing state.
  • the circuit breaker device according to the invention comprises in the main branch 1 a series module of help to M2 switching formed by another breaking cell semiconductor controllable at the opening 5 mounted in parallel with an impedance Z1.
  • the expression “module "series" is used to indicate that this module is found in the main branch 1.
  • This cell of semiconductor shutoff controllable at opening 5 is either in an on state or in a non state passing.
  • the serial module for switching assistance M2 is connected in series with the mechanical switch element 2.
  • auxiliary branch 3 includes in addition to the semiconductor breaking cell 4 a module parallel M4 switching aid formed of a Z2 impedance with at least one element of type capacitor C.
  • the expression "parallel module” is used to indicate that the module is in the auxiliary branch 3 in parallel.
  • impedance used in this context means a part of the circuit manifesting a opposition to the passage of any current (continuous or alternative), such a circuit part is made from coil-type components inductance and / or capacitor and / or resistor.
  • circuit breaker device will be bidirectional to run on current alternative but it is not an obligation he can to be one-way.
  • FIG. 3A shows in detail a first embodiment of a circuit breaker device according to the invention.
  • circuit breaker is bidirectional, it is suitable for a phase of an alternative electricity network but also for a continuous electrical network.
  • the parts dotted lines are superfluous in a monodirectional circuit breaker device.
  • the semiconductor breaking cell commandable at opening 5 has at least one series assembly formed of a diode D1 and a component semiconductor controllable at opening IG2.
  • a component semiconductor controllable at opening IG2 can be a thyristor type IGCT, a conventional thyristor would not be suitable because it does not opens only at zero current.
  • the connection of the second set IG'2, D'1 is represented in dotted lines to show that the second set is optional.
  • This cut-off cell Controllable semiconductor at opening 5 is mounted in parallel with an impedance Z1 which is of type varistor V1.
  • This varistor can be of type MOV (metal oxide varistor or oxide varistor metallic) is sized to dissipate energy which in the past was dispelled during the establishment of the electric arc.
  • MOV metal oxide varistor or oxide varistor metallic
  • the whole cell of semiconductor shutoff controllable at opening 5 and the impedance Z1 is connected in series with the mechanical switch element 2.
  • the varistor V1 can withstand a voltage representing only one fraction of the network voltage, for example the half.
  • the mechanical switch element 2 can to be based on the use of forces electromagnetic for the setting in motion of a mobile contact 2.1, the goal being to obtain the establishment of a force index jump.
  • An example mechanical switch element 2 is illustrated on the Figure 5A. This mechanical switch element is Thomson type without ferromagnetic material. The principle known is based on the law of Lenz.
  • the movable contact 2.1 is attached to a mobile part 2.2 in non-magnetic conductive material.
  • This piece 2.2 cooperates with a propulsion circuit comprising a coil 2.3 preferably flat and a supply circuit 2.4.
  • the choice of flat coil 2.3 makes it possible to obtain a vertical magnetic field at near the moving part 2.2.
  • a repulsion force F appears between the flat coil 2.3 and the moving part 2.2. This strength of repulsion F causes displacement of the moving part 2.2 who was in an initial position of rest.
  • the 2.1 mobile contact In this initial rest position, the 2.1 mobile contact is in electrical contact with at least one fixed contact 2.0 (connected to the circuit L to be protected) and the element mechanical switch 2 is closed.
  • the strength of repulsion F applied to moving part 2.2 separating the movable contact 2.1 from the fixed contact 2.0 and so to open the mechanical switch element 2.
  • the moving part 2.2 Through with its ring-shaped hollow shape, the moving part 2.2, is propelled vertically in a translation. Of the way, we reduce the mass in motion compared to a full piece, as well as the energy needed to propulsion and / or the speed of displacement is increased.
  • Other moving part geometries are possible by example a full disk.
  • the moving part 2.2 and the movable contact 2.1 are merged.
  • the moving part would for example be aluminum coated with silver to also ensure the electrical contact function.
  • FIG. 5B which is a equivalent circuit of the cooperating propulsion circuit with the moving part 2.2 as well as the circuit 2.4.
  • L1 represents the inductance of the flat coil 2.3
  • R10 is its resistance.
  • L2 represents the inductance of the moving part 2.2 and R11 is its resistance.
  • M represents the mutual inductance between the flat coil 2.3 and the moving part 2.2.
  • This equivalent circuit is connected to the circuit 2.4 which is formed of at least one capacitor C10 intended to be charged at a voltage Uo before a discharge, a diode D10 connected in parallel with capacitor C10 and thyristor TH10 inserted between the parallel set C10, D10 and the circuit equivalent.
  • the semiconductor break cell 4 which is located in the auxiliary branch 3 is formed of two thyristors TH1, TH'1 mounted head to tail.
  • One of the Thyristors TH'1 can be omitted in a mono assembly directional.
  • the parallel module for switching assistance M4 is connected in series with the breaking cell at semiconductor 4 of the auxiliary branch 3. It has a resistor R2 connected in series with a parallel set formed of a resistance R1 in parallel with a capacitor C1.
  • the parallel module M4 switching aid may also include series with resistance R2 and parallel set R1, C1, an inductance series LS1.
  • This inductance series LS1 serves to limit the speed of rise of the current when from turning on the cutoff cell to semiconductor 4 to obtain a correct interlocking even in direct current.
  • Impedance Z2 has the capacitor C1, the resistors R1 and R2 and the LS1 series inductance.
  • Figure 3B illustrates another mode of realization of a circuit breaker device according to the invention derived from that of Figure 3A.
  • This parallel module M4 has a Graetz Pb bridge with four diodes D21 to D24.
  • a first diagonal of the Graetz Pb bridge is mounted a parallel set with a capacitor C11 and a resistance R11.
  • An auxiliary inductor LA1 is parallel to the terminals of the other diagonal of the Graetz bridge Pb.
  • One of the ends of the second diagonal is connected to the main branch 1.
  • the other end of the second diagonal is connected to the semiconductor breaking cell 4 via inductance LS1 series (if present).
  • Impedance Z2 includes the capacitor C11, the resistor R11, the auxiliary inductance LA1 and the LS1 series inductance.
  • Figure 4 illustrates another mode of realization of a circuit breaker device according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 3A, 3B found the same configuration in the branch main 1, ie the switch element mechanical 2 in series with the serial module to help the M2 switching.
  • the cell of semiconductor break 4 features a Graetz bridge Pa with four diodes D11 to D14 and mounted in a diagonal bridge of Graetz Pa a thyristor THa.
  • This Pa Graetz bridge is connected to the terminals of the set Series formed of the series M2 switching assistance module and the mechanical switch element 2. This connection is done at the ends of the other diagonal bridge Graetz Pa.
  • the parallel module M4 switching aid includes a capacitor Ca which is connected in the diagonal in series with the thyristor THa.
  • a series inductor LS1 can be inserted between thyristor THa and capacitor Ca.
  • the impedance Z2 includes the capacitor Ca and inductance series LS1.
  • the semiconductor components controllable at the opening of the main branch 1 can be IGCT type thyristors, simple thyristors are not suitable because one needs to order the opening without waiting for a passage to zero of the current.
  • the semiconductor breaking cell controllable at the opening 5 of the series switching assistance module M2 switches to a non-passing state.
  • the tension impedance terminals Z1 (varistor V1) increases until its threshold value.
  • the voltage at the terminals of the module M2 switching assistance series increases, impedance Z1 opposing the passage of current in the branch main 1.
  • the semiconductor breaking cell 4 auxiliary branch 3 becomes busy.
  • the flow circulating in the circuit to be protected L is deflected in the auxiliary branch 3, which diverts the energy that otherwise would have been dissipated in the break cell at semiconductor controllable at the opening 5 of the main branch 1 at the risk of destroying it.
  • the current in the switch element mechanical 2 goes to zero and the voltage at its terminals is zero.
  • the mechanical switch element 2 is then open without causing an arc electric.
  • the switch element mechanical 2 is open, the semiconductor breaking cell 4 of the auxiliary branch 3 is in the state not passing as well as the semiconductor breaking cell controllable at opening 5 of the serial module M2 switching aid. No more currents circulates in the circuit to be protected L and the device circuit breaker played its protective role.
  • the interest of the variant of Figure 3B is to perform the current limiting function in partly by the impedance of the auxiliary inductance LA1. After the trigger in the main branch 1 and the derivation of the current in the parallel branch 3 a part of the current flows into the inductor Auxiliary LA1 before the final cut by the thyristors TH1, TH'1 of the semiconductor breaking cell 4. This reduces the constraints sizing on capacitor C11 which is used in this case, essentially in its role of deviation of the current from the main branch 1 to the parallel branch 3.
  • FIGS. 6A, 6B curves that simulate the current Through the breaker device, the B current flowing through the mechanical switch element 2 and the current D passing through the breaking cell at semiconductor 4 of the auxiliary branch 3 at the moment the tripping of the circuit-breaker device in the presence overcurrent in the circuit L it protects.
  • AT because of this overcurrent the current B in the element mechanical switch 2 up to a time t0 corresponding to the moment the cutoff cell to semiconductor controllable at the opening 5 of the module switching assistance series M2 switches to non-state passing. It then takes a value of about 2500 A.
  • the time interval between t0 and the start of the climb current B is about 100 microseconds.
  • Figure 6B which is a zoom of the figure 6A around the instant t0, represents in addition the pace the voltage E across the switch element mechanical 2.
  • This voltage E is zero at the same time than the current B after t0, which allows to open the mechanical switch element 2 without generating an arc electric. This opening is done at a time t2.
  • the time interval between t0 and t2 is about 20 microseconds. Then the voltage E at the terminals of the mechanical switch element 2 begins to grow and reached the voltage that was present at the terminals of the impedance Z2.
  • Such a circuit breaker device is suitable for operate as well low voltage A or B as high voltage A or B. These voltages can be voltages continuous or alternative.
  • Such a circuit breaker device has a mechanical switch element that can work in a normal environment. It means that he can operate without being confined to a room of cut in an appropriate gaseous environment or under empty.
  • a passive cooling device can be used.
  • Such a circuit breaker device is compact. Its footprint is much smaller than that of configurations with breaking chamber.
  • a timer is possible in mode bidirectional because it is possible that the device Hybrid breaker works for a while with its auxiliary branch 3 in conduction leaving the LC circuit (formed of the capacitor C, the inductor LS1 series of parallel switching assistance module M4 and the inductance of the circuit to be protected L) oscillate before cutting it by the semiconductor breaking cell 4. During this period the current is limited by the impedances of the auxiliary branch 3.

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AT03293050T ATE319177T1 (de) 2003-12-05 2003-12-05 Hybrid-leistungsschalter
ES03293050T ES2259409T3 (es) 2003-12-05 2003-12-05 Dispositivo disyuntor hibrido.
US10/895,456 US7508636B2 (en) 2003-12-05 2004-02-26 Hybrid circuit breaker device
RU2004135408/09A RU2338287C2 (ru) 2003-12-05 2004-12-03 Гибридное выключающее устройство
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