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- the present invention relates to a gas insulation switch suitable for earth anti-warming measures.
- the gas insulation switch (hereinafter called GIS) comprises a single or a plurality of gas insulated units and is installed in a switching station or substation.
- Each gas insulated unit comprises a grounding steel tank containing high voltage units such as a conductor unit, conductor connection unit, and switching unit and insulating spacers arranged so as to reserve an insulation distance between the high voltage units and the grounding tank, or so as to support the high voltage units, or so as to divide the grounding tank for each gas.
- As insulating gas sulphur gas hexafluoride (hereinafter called SF 6 gas) having superior insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance has been used since 1970.
- the GIS containing all charged units in the grounding steel tank is hardly affected by weather conditions, superior in environment resistance, and advantageous in reduction of the site of a switching station or substation, so that it has made rapid progress.
- SF 6 gas using for insulation of the GIS has an earth warming coefficient of about 24000 times of that of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and it is indispensable to reduce the use amount in the future from a viewpoint of anti-warming measures.
- CO 2 carbon dioxide
- application of mixed gas may be considered.
- the processing method in case of emergency such as gas separation is complicated. Therefore, it cannot be always said that it is a valid method.
- the present invention is realized in consideration of the aforementioned conditions and provides a gas insulation switch for reducing the SF 6 gas use amount.
- the present invention also provides a gas insulation switch for reducing the SF 6 gas use amount without damaging the insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance.
- the present invention also provides a gas insulation switch for simply processing insulating gas and reducing the SF 6 gas use amount.
- the first invention is a gas insulation switch comprising a container charged with insulating gas which contains an electric conductor and a pair of contacts which can be connected or disconnected and which is divided into a plurality of gas sections, wherein as insulating gas of a gas section containing no contact among the plurality of gas sections, insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF 6 gas is used.
- the second invention is a gas insulation switch comprising a unit housing a breaker in a first grounding tank and a unit housing an electric conductor supported by an insulating support member in a second grounding tank, wherein the first grounding tank is charged with SF 6 gas and the second grounding tank is charged with insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of the aforementioned SF 6 gas.
- the third invention is a gas insulation switch comprising a unit housing a breaker in a first grounding tank, a unit housing a conductor supported by an insulating support member in a second grounding tank, and a unit containing a grounding switch in a third grounding tank, wherein the first grounding tank is charged with SF 6 gas and the second and third grounding tanks are charged with gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF 6 gas.
- the gas insulation switches of the first to third inventions mentioned above use one of nitrogen gas, and air, as insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF 6 gas.
- the second grounding tank is charged with nitrogen gas or air and the third grounding tank is charged with mixed gas.
- the pressure in the grounding tank charged with insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF 6 gas is set higher than the pressure in the grounding tank charged with SF 6 gas.
- the grounding tanks are mechanically connected via insulating spacers having conical convexes and arranged so that the convexes are located on the side of the grounding tanks charged with insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF 6 gas.
- the grounding tanks charged with insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF 6 gas are used as SF 6 gas collector containers.
- the fourth invention is a gas insulation switch comprising a first unit housing a breaker in a grounding tank and a second unit housing an electric conductor supported by an insulating support member in a grounding tank, wherein the grounding tank of the first unit is charged with SF 6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas, and the grounding tank of the second unit is charged with insulating gas having a smaller dielectric strength than that of the aforementioned SF 6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas at the same pressure, and furthermore the insulation size of the second unit is made larger than the insulation size of the first unit in correspondence with the smaller dielectric strength.
- SF 6 sulfur hexafluoride
- the fifth invention is a gas insulation switch comprising a first unit housing a breaker in a grounding tank and a second unit housing an electric conductor supported by an insulating support member in a grounding tank, wherein the grounding tank of the first unit is charged with SF 6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas, and the grounding tank of the second unit is charged with insulating gas having a smaller dielectric strength than that of the aforementioned SF 6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas at the same pressure, and furthermore the pressure in the grounding tank of the second unit is made higher than the pressure in the grounding tank of the first unit in correspondence with the smaller dielectric strength, and the thickness of the grounding tank of the second unit is made wider in correspondence with the higher pressure in the grounding tank.
- SF 6 sulfur hexafluoride
- the gas insulation switch of the fourth or fifth invention mentioned above uses gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF 6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas as insulating gas having a smaller dielectric strength than that of SF 6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas at the same pressure and the gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient is nitrogen gas, or air.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the whole constitution of a gas insulation switch of an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of the II-II field shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view schematically showing the constitution of a part of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view showing the constitution of a main bus unit, line unit, and connection bus unit shown in FIG. 3 more in detail.
- FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view showing the constitution of the bus connection unit shown in FIG. 3 more in detail.
- FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view showing the constitution of the bus classification unit shown in FIG. 3 more in detail.
- FIG. 7 is a cross sectional view showing the constitution of an insulating spacer used in the gas insulation switch of this embodiment.
- FIG. 1 shows an appearance constitution of a GIS of this embodiment
- FIG. 2 shows a cross sectional view of the II-II field shown in FIG. 1.
- numerals 100 and 110 indicate main bus units. Between the main bus units 100 and 110 and a bushing 170 connected to the transmission line, a line unit 190 comprising bus side disconnecting switch unit devices 120 and 130 , a disconnecting switch unit device 140 , and a line side disconnecting switch unit device 150 and a connection bus unit 160 are installed for each phase and the main bus units 100 and 110 and the bushing 170 are electrically connected to each other.
- a lightning arrester unit 180 having a lightning arrester for controlling an overvoltage is installed.
- Numerals [ 1 ] to [ 5 ] shown in FIG. 2 indicate classification of the unit devices constituting the line unit 190 and the portion put between [ 1 ] and [ 2 ] indicates the bus side disconnecting switch unit device 120 .
- the portion put between [ 1 ], [ 2 ], and [ 3 ] indicates the bus side disconnecting switch unit device 130 .
- the portion put between [ 3 ] and [ 4 ] indicates the disconnecting switch unit device 140 .
- the portion put between [ 4 ] and [ 5 ] indicates the line side disconnecting switch unit device 150 .
- FIG. 3 shows a part of the constitution shown in FIG. 1 which is enlarged and schematically shown.
- line units 190 a to 190 d are connected via insulating spacers 10 .
- connection bus units 160 a to 160 d are connected via the insulating spacers 10 .
- a bus connection unit 200 is connected via the insulating spacers 10 .
- bus classification unit devices 210 a and 210 b divided for each gas by the insulating spacers 10 are installed.
- FIG. 4 shows the constitution of the main bus units 100 and 110 , the line unit 190 , and the connection bus unit 160 shown in FIG. 3 more in detail.
- the main bus units 100 and 110 house central conductors 2 for three phases in a batch in a grounding tank 1 .
- the central conductors 2 branch halfway for each phase, supported by the insulating spacers 10 , and extended on the side of the line unit 190 .
- the line unit 190 constitutes the bus side disconnecting switch unit devices 120 and 130 , the breaker unit device 140 , and the line side disconnecting switch unit device 150 by dividing inside a grounding tank 1 by insulating spacers 11 .
- the bus side disconnecting switch unit device 120 houses a breaker 3 installed midway on the central conductor 2 toward the breaker unit device 140 from the main bus unit 100 via the insulating spacers 10 in the grounding tank 1 .
- the bus side disconnecting switch unit device 130 houses a breaker 4 installed midway on the central conductor 2 toward the breaker unit device 140 from the main bus unit 100 via the insulating spacers 10 in the grounding tank 1 .
- the breaker unit device 140 houses a breaker 5 installed midway on the central conductor 2 toward the line side disconnection switch unit device 150 from the point portion of the central conductor 2 extended from the bus side disconnection switch unit device 120 via the insulating spacers 11 and the central conductor 2 extended from the bus side disconnection switch unit device 130 via the insulating spacers 11 in the grounding tank 1 .
- grounding switches 6 and 7 are installed at both ends of the breaker 5 .
- the line side disconnecting switch unit device 150 houses a breaker 8 installed midway on the central conductor 2 toward the connection bus unit 160 from the breaker unit device 140 via the insulating spacers 10 in the grounding tank 1 . At one end of the breaker 8 , a grounding switch 9 with one end thereof connected inside the grounding tank 1 is installed.
- connection bus unit 160 houses the central conductor 2 in the grounding tank 1 and the central conductor 2 extends to the bushing 170 via an insulating spacer not shown in the drawing.
- the line unit 190 divided by the insulating spacers 10 has a switching unit of the breaker 5 , the disconnecting switches 3 , 4 , and 8 , and the grounding switches 6 , 7 , and 9 and the current breaking performance is required. Therefore, this embodiment uses SF 6 gas 22 superior in the insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of the line unit 190 .
- the main bus units 100 and 110 and the connection bus unit 160 have no switching unit such as a breaker in the grounding tank 1 , so that no current breaking performance is required. Therefore, this embodiment uses nitrogen gas 23 or air which is gas having a smaller warming coefficient than that of SF 6 gas as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of the main bus units 100 and 110 and the connection bus unit 160 .
- the grounding tank 1 constituting the line unit 190 is divided into the bus side disconnecting switch unit devices 120 and 130 , the breaking unit device 140 , and the line side disconnecting switch unit device 150 by the insulating spacers 11 , so that the line unit 190 can be easily assembled and the charging gas pressure can be changed depending on the current breaking performance.
- the disconnecting switches 3 , 4 , and 8 are installed and for the divided portions, a current breaking performance like that for the breaker 5 is not required. Therefore, mixed gas which is gas having a smaller warming coefficient than that of SF 6 gas may be used.
- FIG. 5 shows the constitution of the bus connection unit 200 shown in FIG. 3 more in detail.
- the bus connection unit 200 connects between the main bus unit 100 and the main bus unit 110 and houses the central conductors 2 for three phases in a batch in the grounding tank 1 divided by the insulating spacers 10 .
- a disconnecting switch 13 Midway on the central conductor 2 , a disconnecting switch 13 , a breaker 12 , and a disconnecting switch 14 are installed.
- grounding switches 15 and 16 with one end of each of them-connected to the grounding tank 1 are installed.
- the current breaking performance is required, so that SF 6 gas 22 is charged in the grounding tank 1 as insulating gas.
- FIG. 6 shows the constitution of the bus classification unit 210 shown in FIG. 3 more in detail.
- the bus classification unit 210 is divided by the insulating spacers 10 midway on the main bus units 100 and 110 and houses the central conductors 2 for three phases in a batch in the grounding tank 1 divided by the insulating spacers 10 .
- a disconnecting switch 18 Midway on the central conductor 2 , a disconnecting switch 18 , a breaker 17 , and a disconnecting switch 19 are installed.
- grounding switches 20 and 21 with one end of each of them connected to the grounding tank 1 are installed.
- the current breaking performance is required, so that SF 6 gas 22 is charged in the grounding tank 1 as insulating gas.
- SF 6 gas 22 which is superior in the arc extinguishing performance from the viewpoint of switching performance of large current and is conventionally used is used and for the main bus units 100 and 110 including no switching unit (the breaker 5 , etc.) and the connection bus unit 160 , gas having a smaller warming coefficient than that of SF 6 gas 22 , that is, nitrogen gas 23 contained in the atmosphere at a rate of about 4 ⁇ 5, or air, is used.
- the GIS structured as mentioned above appropriately uses insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of each unit, the amount of SF 6 gas occupying the GIS can be controlled to 50% or less unless the current breaking performance originally requested to the GIS is damaged. By doing this, the use amount of SF 6 gas for earth warming prevention which is in discussion at present can be substantially reduced.
- the dielectric strength of nitrogen gas is about 1 ⁇ 3 of that of SF 6 gas at the same pressure. Therefore, when nitrogen gas is to be used at the same gas pressure as that of SF 6 gas, it is necessary to increase the insulation size of a unit charged with nitrogen gas to about three times. This increase in the insulation size will not cause an increase in the whole size of the GIS, so that such a partial increase in size will not cause a big problem in the GIS making progress in reduction.
- FIG. 7 shows the essential portion of the insulating spacer 10 .
- this embodiment uses the conical insulating spacer 10 and arranges the units so that the convex 24 side thereof is the high pressure side (the nitrogen gas 23 side) and the concave 25 side is the low pressure side (the SF 6 gas 22 side). Therefore, a use method which is economically efficient and highly reliable can be applied without increasing the strength of the insulating spacer.
- the grounding tank may be used as a temporary SF 6 gas collection container.
- SF 6 gas can be collected in a short time, so that the trouble recovery time can be shortened. Furthermore, the method does not let SF 6 gas leak into the atmosphere. Therefore, a highly reliable gas collection method can be provided.
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To provide a gas insulation switch reducing the SF6 gas use amount without damaging the insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance, the present invention uses SF6 gas as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of a unit having a switching unit of the breaker 5, the disconnecting switches 3, 4, and 8, and the grounding switches 6, 7, and 9, for example, the line unit 190 and uses gas having a smaller warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas, for example, nitrogen gas 23, or air as insulating gas to be charged in the grounding tank 1 of a unit having no switching unit, for example, the main bus units 100 and 110 and the connection bus unit 160.
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- The present invention relates to a gas insulation switch suitable for earth anti-warming measures. For example, as described in Engineering Report of Japanese Electrotechnical Committee, No. 552, “Application Guide of Gas Insulation Switch (GIS)” (issued on July 1995), the gas insulation switch (hereinafter called GIS) comprises a single or a plurality of gas insulated units and is installed in a switching station or substation. Each gas insulated unit comprises a grounding steel tank containing high voltage units such as a conductor unit, conductor connection unit, and switching unit and insulating spacers arranged so as to reserve an insulation distance between the high voltage units and the grounding tank, or so as to support the high voltage units, or so as to divide the grounding tank for each gas. As insulating gas, sulphur gas hexafluoride (hereinafter called SF6 gas) having superior insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance has been used since 1970.
- The GIS containing all charged units in the grounding steel tank is hardly affected by weather conditions, superior in environment resistance, and advantageous in reduction of the site of a switching station or substation, so that it has made rapid progress. Recently, however, SF6 gas using for insulation of the GIS has an earth warming coefficient of about 24000 times of that of carbon dioxide (CO2) and it is indispensable to reduce the use amount in the future from a viewpoint of anti-warming measures. As one of the SF6 gas use amount reduction methods, application of mixed gas may be considered. However, when the gas is used for all the units constituting the GIS, the processing method in case of emergency such as gas separation is complicated. Therefore, it cannot be always said that it is a valid method.
- The present invention is realized in consideration of the aforementioned conditions and provides a gas insulation switch for reducing the SF6 gas use amount. The present invention also provides a gas insulation switch for reducing the SF6 gas use amount without damaging the insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance. The present invention also provides a gas insulation switch for simply processing insulating gas and reducing the SF6 gas use amount.
- The first invention is a gas insulation switch comprising a container charged with insulating gas which contains an electric conductor and a pair of contacts which can be connected or disconnected and which is divided into a plurality of gas sections, wherein as insulating gas of a gas section containing no contact among the plurality of gas sections, insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas is used.
- The second invention is a gas insulation switch comprising a unit housing a breaker in a first grounding tank and a unit housing an electric conductor supported by an insulating support member in a second grounding tank, wherein the first grounding tank is charged with SF6 gas and the second grounding tank is charged with insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of the aforementioned SF6 gas.
- The third invention is a gas insulation switch comprising a unit housing a breaker in a first grounding tank, a unit housing a conductor supported by an insulating support member in a second grounding tank, and a unit containing a grounding switch in a third grounding tank, wherein the first grounding tank is charged with SF6 gas and the second and third grounding tanks are charged with gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas.
- The gas insulation switches of the first to third inventions mentioned above use one of nitrogen gas, and air, as insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas. In the gas insulation switch of the third invention, the second grounding tank is charged with nitrogen gas or air and the third grounding tank is charged with mixed gas.
- In the gas insulation switch of the second or third invention mentioned above, the pressure in the grounding tank charged with insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas is set higher than the pressure in the grounding tank charged with SF6 gas. The grounding tanks are mechanically connected via insulating spacers having conical convexes and arranged so that the convexes are located on the side of the grounding tanks charged with insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas. The grounding tanks charged with insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas are used as SF6 gas collector containers.
- The fourth invention is a gas insulation switch comprising a first unit housing a breaker in a grounding tank and a second unit housing an electric conductor supported by an insulating support member in a grounding tank, wherein the grounding tank of the first unit is charged with SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas, and the grounding tank of the second unit is charged with insulating gas having a smaller dielectric strength than that of the aforementioned SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas at the same pressure, and furthermore the insulation size of the second unit is made larger than the insulation size of the first unit in correspondence with the smaller dielectric strength.
- The fifth invention is a gas insulation switch comprising a first unit housing a breaker in a grounding tank and a second unit housing an electric conductor supported by an insulating support member in a grounding tank, wherein the grounding tank of the first unit is charged with SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas, and the grounding tank of the second unit is charged with insulating gas having a smaller dielectric strength than that of the aforementioned SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas at the same pressure, and furthermore the pressure in the grounding tank of the second unit is made higher than the pressure in the grounding tank of the first unit in correspondence with the smaller dielectric strength, and the thickness of the grounding tank of the second unit is made wider in correspondence with the higher pressure in the grounding tank.
- The gas insulation switch of the fourth or fifth invention mentioned above uses gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas as insulating gas having a smaller dielectric strength than that of SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas at the same pressure and the gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient is nitrogen gas, or air.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the whole constitution of a gas insulation switch of an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of the II-II field shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view schematically showing the constitution of a part of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view showing the constitution of a main bus unit, line unit, and connection bus unit shown in FIG. 3 more in detail.
- FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view showing the constitution of the bus connection unit shown in FIG. 3 more in detail.
- FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view showing the constitution of the bus classification unit shown in FIG. 3 more in detail.
- FIG. 7 is a cross sectional view showing the constitution of an insulating spacer used in the gas insulation switch of this embodiment.
- The embodiment of the present invention will be explained hereunder with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows an appearance constitution of a GIS of this embodiment and FIG. 2 shows a cross sectional view of the II-II field shown in FIG. 1. In the drawings,
numerals main bus units bushing 170 connected to the transmission line, aline unit 190 comprising bus side disconnectingswitch unit devices switch unit device 140, and a line side disconnectingswitch unit device 150 and aconnection bus unit 160 are installed for each phase and themain bus units bushing 170 are electrically connected to each other. At the line lead-in opening, alightning arrester unit 180 having a lightning arrester for controlling an overvoltage is installed. Numerals [1] to [5] shown in FIG. 2 indicate classification of the unit devices constituting theline unit 190 and the portion put between [1] and [2] indicates the bus side disconnectingswitch unit device 120. The portion put between [1], [2], and [3] indicates the bus side disconnectingswitch unit device 130. The portion put between [3] and [4] indicates the disconnectingswitch unit device 140. The portion put between [4] and [5] indicates the line side disconnectingswitch unit device 150. - FIG. 3 shows a part of the constitution shown in FIG. 1 which is enlarged and schematically shown. To the
main bus units line units 190 a to 190 d are connected viainsulating spacers 10. To theline units 190 a to 190 d,connection bus units 160 a to 160 d are connected via theinsulating spacers 10. Between themain bus unit 100 and themain bus unit 110, abus connection unit 200 is connected via theinsulating spacers 10. Midway on themain bus units classification unit devices insulating spacers 10 are installed. - FIG. 4 shows the constitution of the
main bus units line unit 190, and theconnection bus unit 160 shown in FIG. 3 more in detail. Themain bus units central conductors 2 for three phases in a batch in agrounding tank 1. Thecentral conductors 2 branch halfway for each phase, supported by theinsulating spacers 10, and extended on the side of theline unit 190. Theline unit 190 constitutes the bus side disconnectingswitch unit devices breaker unit device 140, and the line side disconnectingswitch unit device 150 by dividing inside agrounding tank 1 byinsulating spacers 11. - The bus side disconnecting
switch unit device 120 houses abreaker 3 installed midway on thecentral conductor 2 toward thebreaker unit device 140 from themain bus unit 100 via theinsulating spacers 10 in thegrounding tank 1. The bus side disconnectingswitch unit device 130 houses abreaker 4 installed midway on thecentral conductor 2 toward thebreaker unit device 140 from themain bus unit 100 via theinsulating spacers 10 in thegrounding tank 1. - The
breaker unit device 140 houses abreaker 5 installed midway on thecentral conductor 2 toward the line side disconnectionswitch unit device 150 from the point portion of thecentral conductor 2 extended from the bus side disconnectionswitch unit device 120 via theinsulating spacers 11 and thecentral conductor 2 extended from the bus side disconnectionswitch unit device 130 via theinsulating spacers 11 in thegrounding tank 1. At both ends of thebreaker 5,grounding switches 6 and 7 with one end of each of them connected to thegrounding tank 1 are installed. - The line side disconnecting
switch unit device 150 houses abreaker 8 installed midway on thecentral conductor 2 toward theconnection bus unit 160 from thebreaker unit device 140 via theinsulating spacers 10 in thegrounding tank 1. At one end of thebreaker 8, agrounding switch 9 with one end thereof connected inside thegrounding tank 1 is installed. - The
connection bus unit 160 houses thecentral conductor 2 in thegrounding tank 1 and thecentral conductor 2 extends to the bushing 170 via an insulating spacer not shown in the drawing. - The
line unit 190 divided by theinsulating spacers 10 has a switching unit of thebreaker 5, the disconnectingswitches grounding switches gas 22 superior in the insulation performance and arc extinguishing performance as insulating gas to be charged in thegrounding tank 1 of theline unit 190. On the other hand, themain bus units connection bus unit 160 have no switching unit such as a breaker in thegrounding tank 1, so that no current breaking performance is required. Therefore, this embodiment usesnitrogen gas 23 or air which is gas having a smaller warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas as insulating gas to be charged in thegrounding tank 1 of themain bus units connection bus unit 160. - Furthermore, in this embodiment, the
grounding tank 1 constituting theline unit 190 is divided into the bus side disconnectingswitch unit devices unit device 140, and the line side disconnectingswitch unit device 150 by theinsulating spacers 11, so that theline unit 190 can be easily assembled and the charging gas pressure can be changed depending on the current breaking performance. - Furthermore, in this embodiment, in the portions divided by the
insulating spacers 10 and theinsulating spacers 11, that is, in the bus side disconnectingswitch unit devices switch unit device 150, the disconnectingswitches breaker 5 is not required. Therefore, mixed gas which is gas having a smaller warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas may be used. - FIG. 5 shows the constitution of the
bus connection unit 200 shown in FIG. 3 more in detail. Thebus connection unit 200 connects between themain bus unit 100 and themain bus unit 110 and houses thecentral conductors 2 for three phases in a batch in thegrounding tank 1 divided by the insulatingspacers 10. Midway on thecentral conductor 2, a disconnectingswitch 13, abreaker 12, and a disconnectingswitch 14 are installed. At both ends of thebreaker 12, grounding switches 15 and 16 with one end of each of them-connected to thegrounding tank 1 are installed. In thebus connection unit 200, the current breaking performance is required, so that SF6 gas 22 is charged in thegrounding tank 1 as insulating gas. - FIG. 6 shows the constitution of the
bus classification unit 210 shown in FIG. 3 more in detail. Thebus classification unit 210 is divided by the insulatingspacers 10 midway on themain bus units central conductors 2 for three phases in a batch in thegrounding tank 1 divided by the insulatingspacers 10. Midway on thecentral conductor 2, a disconnectingswitch 18, abreaker 17, and a disconnectingswitch 19 are installed. At both ends of thebreaker 17, grounding switches 20 and 21 with one end of each of them connected to thegrounding tank 1 are installed. In thebus classification unit 210, the current breaking performance is required, so that SF6 gas 22 is charged in thegrounding tank 1 as insulating gas. - According to this embodiment described above, for the
line unit 190 having a switching unit, thebus connection unit 200, and thebus classification unit 210, SF6 gas 22 which is superior in the arc extinguishing performance from the viewpoint of switching performance of large current and is conventionally used is used and for themain bus units breaker 5, etc.) and theconnection bus unit 160, gas having a smaller warming coefficient than that of SF6 gas 22, that is,nitrogen gas 23 contained in the atmosphere at a rate of about ⅘, or air, is used. - The reason of appropriate use of insulating gas to be charged into the
grounding tank 1 of each unit as mentioned above is that the GIS requires the high voltage insulation performance and large current switching performance. With respect to the insulation performance, several types of gases superior to SF6 gas have been found, while with respect to the arc extinguishing performance controlling the current breaking performance, no gas superior to SF6 gas is not found at present. - Recently, reduction of the GIS is progressing and a unit having a switching unit is miniaturized. This is because the size of the air outlet is decided by the atmospheric insulation and hence the rate of the volume of the line bus portion connecting the unit having a switching unit and the air outlet occupying the whole volume of the GIS is increasing. Recently, the rate of the volume of the line bus portion connecting the unit having a switching unit and the air outlet occupying the whole volume of the GIS is 50% or more.
- Therefore, in this embodiment, since the GIS structured as mentioned above appropriately uses insulating gas to be charged in the
grounding tank 1 of each unit, the amount of SF6 gas occupying the GIS can be controlled to 50% or less unless the current breaking performance originally requested to the GIS is damaged. By doing this, the use amount of SF6 gas for earth warming prevention which is in discussion at present can be substantially reduced. - The dielectric strength of nitrogen gas is about ⅓ of that of SF6 gas at the same pressure. Therefore, when nitrogen gas is to be used at the same gas pressure as that of SF6 gas, it is necessary to increase the insulation size of a unit charged with nitrogen gas to about three times. This increase in the insulation size will not cause an increase in the whole size of the GIS, so that such a partial increase in size will not cause a big problem in the GIS making progress in reduction.
- When it is attempted to control the unit size to the same size as that of the unit using SF6 gas, the pressure of nitrogen gas is increased to about three times. In this case, it is necessary to increase the thickness of the
grounding tank 1 and ensure the pressure resistance performance. However, the maximum pressure is about 10 atmospheres and hence it is not a substantial increase. The same may be said with a case that air is used. - FIG. 7 shows the essential portion of the insulating
spacer 10. When acentral conductor 2 a in agrounding tank 1 a of a unit having a switching unit which is charged with SF6 gas 22 and acentral conductor 2 b in agrounding tank 1 b of a unit having no switching unit which is charged with SF6 gas 23 are separated from each other via an insulatingspacer 10, a difference is often caused between the pressure of thegrounding tank 1 a and the pressure of thegrounding tank 1 b. The reason is that, as mentioned above, SF6 gas and nitrogen gas are different in withstand voltage and in such a combination of units, the pressure of nitrogen gas is often increased, that is, thenitrogen gas 23 side is higher in pressure than the SF6 gas 22 side. Therefore, this embodiment uses the conical insulatingspacer 10 and arranges the units so that the convex 24 side thereof is the high pressure side (thenitrogen gas 23 side) and the concave 25 side is the low pressure side (the SF6 gas 22 side). Therefore, a use method which is economically efficient and highly reliable can be applied without increasing the strength of the insulating spacer. - Although not shown in the drawing, if a trouble should occur in a unit having a switching unit inside the GIS, it is necessary to collect SF6 gas charged in the
grounding tank 1 of the unit and recover the trouble. In this case, if the collection time is longer though depending on the capacity of the collection tank, the recovery may require a lot of time. Therefore, in this embodiment, aiming at that nitrogen gas charged in the grounding tank of the bus unit-which stops operation due to the trouble can be emitted into the atmosphere, when the aforementioned condition is generated, if the nitrogen gas charged in the grounding tank of the bus unit is emitted into the atmosphere and the pressure in the grounding tank is reduced or the grounding tank is evacuated, the grounding tank may be used as a temporary SF6 gas collection container. By this method, SF6 gas can be collected in a short time, so that the trouble recovery time can be shortened. Furthermore, the method does not let SF6 gas leak into the atmosphere. Therefore, a highly reliable gas collection method can be provided.
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1. A gas insulation switch comprising a container charged with insulating gas which contains an electric conductor and a pair of contacts which can be connected or disconnected and which is divided into a plurality of gas sections, wherein as insulating gas of a gas section containing no contact among said plurality of gas sections, insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas is used.
2. A gas insulation switch comprising a unit housing a breaker in a first grounding tank and a unit housing an electric conductor supported by an insulating support member in a second grounding tank, wherein said first grounding tank is charged with SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas and said second grounding tank is charged with insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of said SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas.
3. A gas insulation switch comprising a unit housing a breaker in a first grounding tank, a unit housing a conductor supported by an insulating support member in a second grounding tank, and a unit containing a grounding switch in a third grounding tank, wherein said first grounding tank is charged with SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas and said second and third grounding tanks are charged with gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas.
4. A gas insulation switch according to one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of said SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas is one of nitrogen gas, and air.
5. A gas insulation switch according to claim 3 , wherein said second grounding tank is charged with nitrogen gas or air and said third grounding tank is charged with mixed gas.
6. A gas insulation switch according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the pressure in said grounding tank charged with insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of said SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas is set higher than the pressure in said grounding tank charged with said SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas.
7. A gas insulation switch according to claim 2 or 3, wherein said grounding tanks are mechanically connected via insulating spacers having conical convexes and arranged so that said convexes are located on the side of said grounding tanks charged with insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of said SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas.
8. A gas insulation switch according to claim 2 or 3, wherein said grounding tanks charged with insulating gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of said SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas are used as SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas collector containers.
9. A gas insulation switch comprising a first unit housing a breaker in a grounding tank and a second unit housing an electric conductor supported by an insulating support member in a grounding tank, wherein said grounding tank of said first unit is charged with SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas, and said grounding tank of said second unit is charged with insulating gas having a smaller dielectric strength than that of said SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas at the same pressure, and furthermore the insulation size of said second unit is made larger than the insulation size of said first unit in correspondence with said smaller dielectric strength.
10. A gas insulation switch comprising a first unit housing a breaker in a grounding tank and a second unit housing an electric conductor supported by an insulating support member in a grounding tank, wherein said grounding tank of said first unit is charged with SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas, and said grounding tank of said second unit is charged with insulating gas having a smaller dielectric strength than that of said SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas at the same pressure, and furthermore the pressure in said grounding tank of said second unit is made higher than the pressure in said grounding tank of said first unit in correspondence with said smaller dielectric strength, and the thickness of said grounding tank of said second unit is made wider in correspondence with said higher pressure in said grounding tank.
11. A gas insulation switch according to claim 9 or 10, wherein insulating gas having a smaller dielectric strength than that of said SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas at the same pressure is gas having a smaller earth warming coefficient than that of said SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) gas and said insulating gas is nitrogen gas, or air.
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