EP2006874B1 - Vorrichtung zur Spannungsunterbrechung durch Sicherung bei Überstrom und Schutzvorrichtung gegen Überspannungen, die mit einer solchen Unterbrechungsvorrichtung ausgestattet ist - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur Spannungsunterbrechung durch Sicherung bei Überstrom und Schutzvorrichtung gegen Überspannungen, die mit einer solchen Unterbrechungsvorrichtung ausgestattet ist Download PDF

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EP2006874B1
EP2006874B1 EP20080354030 EP08354030A EP2006874B1 EP 2006874 B1 EP2006874 B1 EP 2006874B1 EP 20080354030 EP20080354030 EP 20080354030 EP 08354030 A EP08354030 A EP 08354030A EP 2006874 B1 EP2006874 B1 EP 2006874B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
    • H01H85/02—Details
    • H01H85/38—Means for extinguishing or suppressing arc
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
    • H01H85/02—Details
    • H01H85/38—Means for extinguishing or suppressing arc
    • H01H2085/383—Means for extinguishing or suppressing arc with insulating stationary parts
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
    • H01H85/02—Details
    • H01H85/04—Fuses, i.e. expendable parts of the protective device, e.g. cartridges
    • H01H85/041—Fuses, i.e. expendable parts of the protective device, e.g. cartridges characterised by the type
    • H01H85/046—Fuses formed as printed circuits
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
    • H01H85/02—Details
    • H01H85/38—Means for extinguishing or suppressing arc
    • H01H85/42—Means for extinguishing or suppressing arc using an arc-extinguishing gas
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
    • H01H85/02—Details
    • H01H85/43—Means for exhausting or absorbing gases liberated by fusing arc, or for ventilating excess pressure generated by heating

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  • the invention relates to a fusible cut-off device comprising an arc extinguishing chamber having a median longitudinal axis and being delimited by at least one insulating side wall extending between a first and second conductive radial wall.
  • the arc extinguishing chamber comprises at least one conductive separator maintained within said chamber to define two expansion volumes and at least one conductive fuse element electrically connected between a first and a second electrode.
  • Said at least one fuse element extends from the first to the second radial walls through a gap and is rigidly held in the arc extinguishing chamber by second holding means.
  • the section of the at least one conductive fuse element in a plane perpendicular to the median longitudinal axis is elongate in shape so that the length of said section is at least three times greater than the width.
  • the invention also relates to an overvoltage protection device comprising an overvoltage limiter with non-linear elements variable with the voltage.
  • overvoltage protection devices with disconnectors comprising at least one fuse element.
  • said at least one fuse element is connected in series with a surge limiter with variable non-linear elements.
  • Said fuse disconnector is calibrated to disconnect when traversed by alternating short-circuit electric currents. In addition, however, it must be calibrated to pass lightning currents type 8/20 or 10/350.
  • the invention therefore aims to overcome the disadvantages of the state of the art, so as to provide a fuse cutoff device of reduced size and high breaking capacity.
  • the fusible breaking device comprises at least two conductive fusible elements.
  • said at least two conductive fusible elements are placed on either side of the median longitudinal axis so that electric arcs arising after the fusion of said fusible elements attract each other. towards the center of the extinguishing chamber.
  • said at least two conductive fusible elements are placed symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal median axis of the extinguishing chamber.
  • said at least two conductive fusible elements are placed at the periphery of the separators.
  • the conductive fuse elements consist of a metal conductive sheet held by the second holding means on an insulating support of gasogenic material.
  • the conductive sheet is a layer of metallic material deposited on the insulating support, the layer having a thickness of less than 1 mm.
  • the support of insulating material constitutes an element of the insulating side wall.
  • the cross section of the gap through which a conductive fuse element is shaped substantially identical to that of said at least one fuse element.
  • the side wall consists of four lateral facades extending along a median longitudinal axis.
  • the side wall consists of a cylinder positioned around the at least one separator and extending along the median longitudinal axis.
  • the insulating side wall consists of a gasogenic material.
  • the side wall comprises gas evacuation holes contained in the expansion volumes.
  • An overvoltage protection device comprises an overvoltage limiter with non-linear elements variable with the voltage, said limiter being placed in a housing having a first and a second electrical connection range. At least one fuse cutoff device as defined above is connected in series with the surge protector. The surge protector and the fuse cut-off device are electrically connected to the connection pads.
  • the housing comprises at least two flanges of insulating material, said flanges constituting a part of the side wall of said at least one fusible breaking device.
  • the fuse cut-off device 1 comprises an arc extinction chamber 2 having a median longitudinal axis Z and being delimited by at least one insulating lateral wall 4.
  • the insulating side wall 4 extends between first and second conductive radial walls.
  • the arc extinction chamber 2 comprises at least one conductive separator 5 maintained inside said chamber to define two expansion volumes 56. Said at least one separator is positioned between the two conductive radial walls. Preferably, the first and second radial walls extend perpendicular to the longitudinal median longitudinal axis Z of said extinguishing chamber.
  • the extinguishing chamber 2 comprises a plurality of conductive separators extending preferably perpendicularly to a median longitudinal axis Z.
  • the arc extinction chamber 2 comprises at least one fuse element 3, 3A, 3B conductor electrically connected between a first and a second electrode 6, 7. Said at least fuse element 3, 3A, 3B extends from the first at the second radial walls 10 through a passage gap. Said at least one fuse element 3, 3A, 3B preferably extends in a direction parallel to the median longitudinal axis Z.
  • the section of said at least fuse element 3, 3A, 3B in a plane perpendicular to the median longitudinal axis Z of the arc extinguishing chamber 2 is of elongate shape so that the length of said section is at least three times larger than the width.
  • Said at least fuse element 3, 3A, 3B is held rigidly in the arc extinguishing chamber 2 by first holding means ensuring the rigid holding of said at least one fuse element in the event of a lightning strike.
  • the second holding means can withstand the electrodynamic forces due to lightning strikes.
  • the arc extinction chamber 2 comprises a fuse element 3 conductor electrically connected between the radial walls respectively acting as an electrode 6, 7.
  • the separators respectively comprise a hole. The surface of the hole defines the size of the passage gap. The clearance between the fuse element and each of the separators is minimal in particular to ensure the rigid retention of the fuse element in case of lightning strike. The first of maintenance are then assured directly by the separators.
  • said at least fuse element 3, 3A, 3B is placed on the periphery of said at least one separator 5. Said at least fuse element 3, 3A, 3B is held rigidly between said at least one separator 5 and said at least one side wall.
  • the passage gap of said at least one fuse element is represented by a first hatched area 31.
  • the dashed hatched surface 71 represents the electric arc present in the relaxation spaces 56 when said at least one fuse element has melted.
  • the electric current then reached a significant value, greater than 1000A.
  • the area where the dashed lines 71 and hatches 31 overlap corresponds to the space where a fraction of the electric arc is not divided by the separators.
  • the larger this superposition area the lower the arc voltage and the lower the short circuit current limitation.
  • a high arc voltage will be reached more quickly with breaking devices according to the invention than with known breaking devices. Indeed, the interaction zone between the dotted zone 71 and the shaded area 31 is lower for the Figure 6B that for the Figure 6A .
  • Said at least one fuse element 3, 3A, 3B consists of a metal foil conductive.
  • the conductive sheet may be held by the second holding means on an insulating support.
  • the arc extinction chamber 2 comprises two fusible elements 3A, 3B conductors electrically connected between the radial walls 10 respectively acting as an electrode 6, 7.
  • the at least two fusible elements 3A, 3B are preferably placed symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal median axis Z of the extinguishing chamber 2.
  • the two fusible elements are placed on the periphery of the at least one separator 5.
  • the conductive sheet is a layer of metallic material deposited on the insulating support, the layer having a thickness of less than 1 millimeter.
  • the layer of metallic material preferably has a thickness equal to 70 microns.
  • Said at least one side wall 4 consists of four lateral facades extending along a median longitudinal axis Z. Preferably, the four lateral facades are conjoined.
  • the extinguishing chamber 2 has a parallelepipedal shape and said at least one separator having a square or rectangular shape.
  • the support of insulating material supporting the fusible elements constitutes an element of said at least one side wall 4.
  • the separators 5 are held by two of the side walls.
  • the support of insulating material of the two fusible elements 3A, 3B is of gasogenic material.
  • the extinguishing chamber may comprise a plurality of fusible elements passing through said at least one separator 5.
  • said at least one side wall 4 is composed of a cylinder positioned around said at least one separator 5 and extending along the median longitudinal axis Z.
  • Said at least one separator (5) preferably has the shape of a disc.
  • said at least one side wall consists of a gasogenic material.
  • said at least one side wall 4 has gas evacuation holes contained in the expansion volumes 56.
  • the invention also relates to 100 surge protection device.
  • the overvoltage protection device 100 comprises an overvoltage limiter 20 with non-linear elements variable with the voltage. Said limiter is placed in a housing 101 having a first and a second electrical connection area 41, 51.
  • the protection device 100 comprises at least one fusible cut-off device 1 as described above.
  • the surge protector 20 is connected in series with said at least one fuse cut-off device 1.
  • the surge protector and the fuse cut-off device are connected to connection pads 41, 51.
  • the surge protector overvoltage 20 has a varistor.
  • the housing 101 comprises at least two flanges of insulating material. Said flanges may constitute a part of the side wall 4 of said at least one fusible cut-off device 1.
  • the housing 101 is made of molded plastic material and consists of two parallel side flanges of insulating material placed on each side other of a median longitudinal plane. Part of the side flanges constitutes part of the side wall 4 of the at least one fusible cut-off device 1.

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  1. Schmelzleiter-Abschaltsystem (1) mit einer Lichtbogenlöschkammer (2), die eine Mittel-Längsachse (Z) sowie eine Begrenzung durch eine Isolierstoff-Seitenwand (4) umfasst, welche Seitenwand zwischen einer ersten und einer zweiten leitenden Radialwand (10) angeordnet ist, wobei die Lichtbogenlöschkammer (2):
    - mindestens einen leitenden Trennsteg (5), der zur Begrenzung von zwei Ausdehnungsräumen (56) im Inneren der genannten Löschkammer gehalten wird,
    - sowie mindestens einen Schmelzleiter (3A, 3B) umfasst, der elektrisch zwischen eine erste und eine zweite Elektrode (6, 7) geschaltet ist, welcher genannte, mindestens einfach vorhandene Schmelzleiter (3A, 3B) durch einen Spalt von der ersten zur zweiten Radialwand (10) geführt ist und durch zweite Haltemittel fest in der Lichtbogenlöschkammer (2) gehalten wird, wobei der Querschnitt des genannten, mindestens einfach vorhandenen Schmelzleiters (3A, 3B) in einer Ebene senkrecht zur Mittel-Längsachse (Z) eine langgezogene Form aufweist, derart, dass die Länge dieser Querschnittsfläche mindestens dreimal so groß ist wie die Breite,
    welches System dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass es mindestens zwei Schmelzleiter (3A, 3B) umfasst.
  2. Abschaltsystem nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die mindestens zwei Schmelzleiter (3A, 3B) jeweils auf einer Seite der Mittel-Längsachse (Z) angeordnet sind, derart dass sich nach dem Durchschmelzen der genannten Schmelzleiter die Lichtbögen (70) in Richtung der Mitte der Lichtbogenlöschkammer (2) gegenseitig anziehen.
  3. Abschaltsystem nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die genannten, mindestens zwei Schmelzleiter (3A, 3B) symmetrisch zur Mittel-Längsachse (Z) der Lichtbogenlöschkammer (2) angeordnet sind.
  4. Abschaltsystem nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die genannten, mindestens zwei Schmelzleiter (3A, 3B) im Randbereich der Trennstege (5) angeordnet sind.
  5. Abschaltsystem nach irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schmelzleiter (3A, 3B) aus einer leitenden Metallfolie, bestehen, die durch die zweiten Halteelemente auf einem Isolierstoffträger aus einem gasabgebenden Material gehalten wird.
  6. Schmelzleiter-Abschaltsystem nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Leiterfolie aus einer Metallschicht besteht, die auf dem Isolierstoffträger aufgebracht ist und eine Dicke von weniger als 1 mm aufweist.
  7. Schmelzleiter-Abschaltsystem nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Isolierstoffträger als Teil der Isolierstoff-Seitenwand (4) ausgebildet ist.
  8. Schmelzleiter-Abschaltsystem nach irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Querschnitt des von einem Schmelzleiter 3, 3A, 3B durchsetzten Durchführungsspalts annähernd dem Querschnitt des mindestens einfach vorhandenen Schmelzleiters entspricht.
  9. Schmelzleiter-Abschaltsystem nach irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Seitenwand (4) aus vier Seitenteilen besteht, die in Bezug zu einer Mittel-Längsachse (Z) ausgerichtet sind.
  10. Schmelzleiter-Abschaltsystem nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Seitenwand (4) aus einem Zylinder besteht, der um den genannten, mindestens einfach vorhandenen Trennsteg (5) geführt und längs der Mittel-Längsachse (Z) ausgerichtet sind.
  11. Schmelzleiter-Abschaltsystem nach irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Isolierstoff-Seitenwand (4) aus einem gasabgebenden Material besteht.
  12. Schmelzleiter-Abschaltsystem nach irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Seitenwand (4) Ableitöffnungen zur Abführung der in den Ausdehnungsräumen (56) enthaltenen Gase umfasst.
  13. Überspannungs-Schutzeinrichtung (100) mit einem Überspannungsbegrenzer (2), der nichtlineare spannungsabhängige Widerstandselemente umfasst und in einem Gehäuse (101) mit einem ersten und einem zweiten elektrischen Anschluss (41, 51) angeordnet ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Einrichtung mindestens ein, mit dem Überspannungsbegrenzer (2) in Reihe geschaltetes Schmelzsicherungs-Abschaltsystem (1) umfasst, wobei der Überspannungsbegrenzer (2) und das genannte, mindestens einfach vorhandene Schmelzleiter-Abschaltsystem (1) elektrisch mit den Anschlüssen (41, 51) verbunden ist.
  14. Überspannungs-Schutzeinrichtung nach Anspruch 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Gehäuse (101) mindestens zwei Isolierstoff-Seitenteile umfasst, welche Seitenteile als Teilabschnitt der Seitenwand (4) des genannten, mindestens einfach vorhandenen Schmelzleiter-Abschaltsystems (1) ausgebildet sind.
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