EP1772883A1 - Mittelspannungsleistungsschalter und Wandelement - Google Patents

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EP1772883A1
EP1772883A1 EP05077252A EP05077252A EP1772883A1 EP 1772883 A1 EP1772883 A1 EP 1772883A1 EP 05077252 A EP05077252 A EP 05077252A EP 05077252 A EP05077252 A EP 05077252A EP 1772883 A1 EP1772883 A1 EP 1772883A1
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Roberto Capitanio
Giorgio Moriconi
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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
    • H01H33/60—Switches wherein the means for extinguishing or preventing the arc do not include separate means for obtaining or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
    • H01H33/66—Vacuum switches
    • H01H33/666—Operating arrangements
    • 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
    • H01H33/60—Switches wherein the means for extinguishing or preventing the arc do not include separate means for obtaining or increasing flow of arc-extinguishing fluid
    • H01H33/66—Vacuum switches
    • H01H33/666—Operating arrangements
    • H01H2033/6665—Details concerning the mounting or supporting of the individual vacuum bottles

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  • the present invention relates to a medium-voltage vacuum circuit breaker, in particular for applications with rated voltages up to 24 kV, having an extremely compact structure and improved functions and characteristics.
  • the medium-voltage circuit breaker according to the present invention is particularly suitable for use inside electric switchboards, preferably for secondary distribution applications; therefore, the present patent application also concerns a medium-voltage switchboard comprising a medium-voltage vacuum circuit breaker as defined in the claims.
  • medium voltage circuit breakers are used inside switchboards or panels which are positioned at the points of the distribution network where the voltage of the electric power is lowered from high or very high values typical of the primary distribution, to values up to few tens of kV; from a constructive point of view, known switchboards have a substantially parallepiped metallic structure whose internal space is divided into different compartments suitable to accommodate various components, e.g. a bus-bars compartment, a low-voltage compartment, a circuit breaker compartment, and so on.
  • circuit breakers with a compact structure and capable of guaranteeing the required dielectric strength among their live parts, and between these live parts and the metallic walls of the switchboard once a circuit breaker is positioned inside the dedicated compartment.
  • known solutions propose to enclose at least some live parts of the circuit breakers inside an enclosure filled with a gas having a dielectric capacity higher than air, or immersing them in appropriate insulating materials.
  • Other solutions have been conceived trying to improve the constructive layout of the circuit interruption elements, and/or of the mechanical components of the circuit breakers, e.g. the operating/drive mechanism, and/or the transmission system between the operating mechanism and the interruption components.
  • the main aim of the present invention is therefore to provide a medium-voltage vacuum circuit breaker - and a relative switchboard- which allow some improvements over prior art solutions, and in particular as regard to overall compactness and optimization of the structure.
  • a medium voltage vacuum circuit breaker comprising:
  • FIGS 1-3 show a medium-voltage vacuum circuit breaker, generally indicated by the reference numeral 100, which comprises a plurality of interruption poles 1; in the embodiment illustrated in the figures, the circuit breaker 100 comprises three interruption poles 1, but the number of interruption poles could be varied according to various applications or in case of specific needs.
  • Each interruption pole 1 comprises: a first connection terminal 2 and a second connection terminal 3 which are suitable to allow input/output electrical connections of the pole 1, for example with a power feeding line and a load, not illustrated in the figures; and a vacuum envelope 4, e.g. a vacuum bottle, or vessel or bulb or equivalent term, which contains a fixed contact, schematically illustrated in figure 4 by the reference number 5, which is electrically connected to the first connection terminal 2, and a corresponding mobile contact 6, schematically illustrated in figure 4 by the reference number 6, which is electrically connected to the other connection terminal 3.
  • a vacuum envelope 4 e.g. a vacuum bottle, or vessel or bulb or equivalent term, which contains a fixed contact, schematically illustrated in figure 4 by the reference number 5, which is electrically connected to the first connection terminal 2, and a corresponding mobile contact 6, schematically illustrated in figure 4 by the reference number 6, which is electrically connected to the other connection terminal 3.
  • the circuit breaker 100 further comprises an operating mechanism, overally indicated by the reference number 200 in figures 1-2, which is provided with a front panel 7; the front panel 7 has a front face lying on a substantial vertical plane, indicated in figure 1 by the reference 8. As roughly illustrated in figure 1, on said front face there might be provided some functional components, such as for example, opening and closing pushbuttons 9, an operation counter 10, a handle 11, et cetera, suitable for direct vision or intervention of users.
  • the operating mechanism 200 is suitable to supply the actuating energy required for moving the mobile contacts 6 of the plurality of interruption poles 1, between a circuit breaker closed position where each mobile contact 6 is electrically coupled with the corresponding fixed contact 5, and a circuit breaker open position where each mobile contact 6 is instead electrically disengaged from the corresponding fixed contact 5.
  • the construction and functioning of the operating mechanism 200 are well known in the art and are not part of the innovative aspects of the circuit breaker 100 according to the present invention, and therefore it will not be described in more details hereinafter; for example, it is possible to use a known operating mechanism of the so-called EL type, which is already available on the market and is used by the same applicant in other types of medium voltage circuit breakers.
  • the circuit breaker 100 further comprises transmission means indicated in figure 1 by the overall reference 300 for transmitting the actuating energy from the operating mechanism 200 to the mobile contacts 6 of the interruption poles 1.
  • the interruption poles 1 are advantageously aligned each other behind the operating mechanism 200 along a direction perpendicular to the front panel 7; in particular, the interruption poles 1 are arranged so as the respective mobile contacts 6 are movable, during actuation, along a substantial vertical axis 12, with the vertical axes 12 of the various interruption poles 1 which lie in a common vertical plane indicated in figure 2 by the reference number 20 (which practically coincides with the sheet of figure 1); said vertical plane 20 is substantially perpendicular to the vertical plane 8 on which the front face of the front panel 7 lies.
  • the first connection terminal 2 and the second connection terminal 3 of each pole 1 are arranged at the ends of the interruption pole itself; according to a particularly preferred embodiment, as illustrated in figure 4, the connection terminals 2 and 3 of each interruption pole 1 are arranged so as at least their portions 2a, 3a which are suitable to be structurally connected to other conducting elements, e.g. for input/output electrical connections, extend along vertical directions substantially parallel to the vertical axis 12 of the related corresponding pole 1. In this way, by exploiting the vertical dimension for both connections, it is possible to optimize the space occupation and the mutual distances in the transversal direction.
  • the first terminal 2 has an L-shaped configuration while the second terminal 3 is rectilinear and completely positioned vertically.
  • the interruption poles 1 are formed each by a single module, with the various modules which are structurally separated from each other and are fixed, e.g. by means of screws 13, to an elongated supporting member 30; advantageously, as shown in figures 2 and 3, the elongated supporting member 30 is positioned on a side of and parallel to the aligned interruption poles 1, in correspondence of one of their end portions.
  • each interruption pole 1 comprises an insulating box which is formed by two separate parts, e.g. a cover piece 14 and a base piece 15 connected together, and is fixed, through the screws 13, to the elongated supporting member 30.
  • the insulating box 14-15 has an internal free volume inside which the vacuum envelope 4 is positioned; in particular, as shown in figure 3 wherein the box is represented cut for the sake of clarity of illustration, one of the two forming pieces, e.g. the piece 15 has a shaped body formed monolithically which comprises two internal walls 16 which are spaced from each other and protrude transversally, preferably horizontally, from the lateral sides of the box towards the inside; said walls 16 are provided each with a corresponding slot 17.
  • each vacuum envelope 4 is inserted inside a corresponding box and fixed to the walls 16 with its end portions accommodated within and passing through the slots 17; accordingly, the vacuum envelopes 4 are arranged in a substantial vertical position directly in a dedicated air environment, i.e. without the need of insulating gases.
  • the piece 15 is provided with a series of ribs 18 which are positioned on the internal side and allow increasing the creepage distance.
  • the transmission means 300 are in turn positioned on a lateral side of and preferably parallel to the aligned interruption poles 1; advantageously, in the circuit breaker 100 according to the invention, the transmission means 300 comprise at least one actuating rod 301 which is common to all the interruption poles 1 and is positioned between the poles themselves and the supporting elongated member 30.
  • the transmission means 300 comprise at least one actuating rod 301 which is common to all the interruption poles 1 and is positioned between the poles themselves and the supporting elongated member 30.
  • two parallel actuating rods 301 which are common to all the interruption poles 1, and are mechanically coupled to each other so as to move together as a unique body.
  • the actuating rods 301 are mechanically coupled to the operating mechanism 200, for example by means of a coupling lever 302, and to the mobile contacts 6 of each interruption pole 1, e.g. by means of suitable elements, such as a transmission lever 303, an insulating connecting rod 304, and a rocking lever 305, illustrated in figure 4.
  • the actuating rods 301 are arranged so as to transmit the actuating energy from the operating mechanism 200 to the movable contacts 6 through a rectilinear movement along an axis 306 which virtually intersects the front face of the front panel 7; in particular, as shown in figure 1, the actuating rods 301 are arranged parallel to the aligned interruption poles 1 (i.e.
  • the axis 306 lies in a substantially horizontal plane, schematically represented in figure 3 by the reference number 307, is perpendicular to the vertical axes 12 along which the movable contacts 6 move, and intersects the front face of the panel 7 at a right angle.
  • the actuating rods 301 are arranged so as to cross transversely the insulating boxes 14-15 in correspondence of suitable holes 19 provided on their body.
  • the medium-voltage vacuum circuit breaker according to the invention fully achieves the intended aim providing some significant advantages and improvements over the known solutions.
  • the circuit breaker 100 thanks to the constructive layout and positioning of the various components, in particular; of the aligned interruption poles 1 with the respective connection terminals 2, 3 positioned vertically and parallel to the axes 12 of movements of the mobile contacts 6; of the adoption of the translating rods 301 and their arrangement relative to the aligned poles 1 and to the front panel 7; of the supporting member 30; and also of the insulating boxes 14-15; has a whole structure which is extremely compact, sturdy, and functionally effective at the same time.
  • the insulating boxes 14-15 constitute an insulating barrier between the vacuum envelopes and among them and the other elements, in particular the transmission means 300.
  • the insulating box 14-15 thanks to their structure, ease the operations for installing the interruption poles, as well as for possible maintenance interventions.
  • the circuit breaker 100 is particularly suitable for use and realization of very compact medium voltage switchboards, an example of which is schematically indicated with the reference number 50 in figure 5; therefore, a further object of the present invention is constituted by a medium voltage switchboard of the type having a top wall 51, a bottom wall 52, a back wall 53, a front wall 54, and two side walls 55 all together defining an internal space suitable to accommodate electrical/electronic devices, characterized in that it comprises a medium voltage circuit breaker 100 as previously described and defined in the claims, and in particular with a rated voltage of 24kV.
  • the switchboard 50 has a frontal width, measured as the distance 56 between the external surface of the two side walls 55 which is equal or less than 500 mm.
  • a frontal width measured as the distance 56 between the external surface of the two side walls 55 which is equal or less than 500 mm.
  • Medium voltage switchboards having such a reduced width and including a medium voltage circuit breaker 100 with rated voltage up to 24 KV, and in particular with a specific rated voltage of 24 kV, without gas insulation are not available at the present state of the art.
  • the medium voltage vacuum circuit breaker thus conceived -and the related switchboard- are susceptible of modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the inventive concept as defined in the claims and the above description; all the details may furthermore be replaced with technically equivalent elements.
  • the materials used, as well as the dimensions may be any according to the requirements and the state of the art so long as they are compatible with the specific use and allow to achieve the intended results.

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AU2013201093B2 (en) * 2012-02-28 2014-05-15 Schneider Electric Industries Sas Medium-voltage distribution substation
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WO2013075931A1 (de) * 2011-11-22 2013-05-30 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Polschale für einen leistungsschalter
AU2013201093B2 (en) * 2012-02-28 2014-05-15 Schneider Electric Industries Sas Medium-voltage distribution substation
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