US2897325A - Electric switches for high voltage - Google Patents

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US2897325A
US2897325A US639767A US63976757A US2897325A US 2897325 A US2897325 A US 2897325A US 639767 A US639767 A US 639767A US 63976757 A US63976757 A US 63976757A US 2897325 A US2897325 A US 2897325A
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Nijland Hendrik A Hidde
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02B—BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02B13/00—Arrangement of switchgear in which switches are enclosed in, or structurally associated with, a casing, e.g. cubicle
    • H02B13/02—Arrangement of switchgear in which switches are enclosed in, or structurally associated with, a casing, e.g. cubicle with metal casing
    • H02B13/035—Gas-insulated switchgear
    • 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
    • H01H33/02—Details
    • H01H33/04—Means for extinguishing or preventing arc between current-carrying parts
    • H01H33/14—Multiple main contacts for the purpose of dividing the current through, or potential drop along, the arc
    • 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
    • H01H33/02—Details
    • H01H33/24—Means for preventing discharge to non-current-carrying parts, e.g. using corona ring
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H31/00—Air-break switches for high tension without arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H31/003—Earthing switches

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  • This invention relates generally to electric switches and more particularly to an electric switch for interrupting high voltage currents.
  • the switch comprises, in combination, an axially movable switching rod or makeand-break element and, cooperating therewith, two fixed switching contacts.
  • One of the contacts is conductively releasably connected with the switching rod when the switch is both open and closed and the other Contact is conductively connected with the rod only when the switch is in its closed position.
  • a stationary supporting body having a metallic outer wall or casing is provided with an inner wall or casing of solid insulating material.
  • the casings define an annular space for an insulating fluid and a central or inner switching compartment containing all the cooperating switching contacts.
  • Metal screens are provided outside the central compartment and are conductively connected with and surrounding the fixed switching contacts. The screens are mounted to direct, at least the portions of the electric field having the greatest intensity outside of said central switching compartment, both when the switching rod is in its closed position and when it is in its open position.
  • a principal object of the invention is to provide a compact construction for a switch capable of interrupting high voltage currents without need of constructing the casings of the switch with large axial dimensions.
  • a feature of the switch is that coaxial screen elements are provided disposed concentrically with the make-and-break element or switching rod for distributing the electric field in the switch in such a manner that the make-and-break element may be withdrawn axially from a liquid filled casing while the power is on.
  • Figs. l and 2 and 3 are elevation sectional views of a known switch with the make-and-break element shown in three positions and are illustrative of the need of constructing the axial dimensions of the switch relatively long, as shown,
  • Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are elevation sectional views of a switch according to the invention with the make-and-break element in three positions, corresponding to the positions in Figs. l, 2 and 3 respectively, and are illustrative of the compact construction permitted by the screen element arrangement for distributing the electric field in the switch.
  • FIGs. 1, 2 and 3 which are illustrative of a known switch an inner switch- 2,897,325 Y Patented VJuly 28, 1959 ICC ing compartment 1 is provided, in which flxed switching contacts 2 and 3 and an axially movable switching rod or make-and-break element 4 are accommodated.
  • the switching rod 4 is electrically conductive and connected by an insulator 5 to an operating mechanism (not shown).
  • the switching compartment 1 is formed by a double fluid-tight casing construction consisting of a metallic outer wall or tubular casing 6, an inner wall or tubular casing 7 substantially of solid insulating material and radially spaced inwardly of casing 6 forming an annular space or compartment 8 between said casings, 6, 7 and filled with an insulating fluid of high quality.
  • the fixed switching contacts 2, 3 are conductively connected with metal screens 9 and 10, which are situated within the insulating space 8.
  • Lead-in insulators 11, 12 are provided with axial bores for connecting the fixed switching contacts 2, 3 to external or lead-in conductors.
  • Fig. l the switch is shown in a closed condition.
  • the switching compartment is electrically stressed, very little since the screens 9 and 10 keep the parts of the electric field having the greatest intensity between the energized parts 2, 3, and 4 of the switch and the grounded metal casing 6, within the space 8 containing insulating fluid of high quality.
  • the screen 10 extends in an axial direction an extent such that when the switch is also in its open condition, as shown in Fig. 2, the electric field between all switching contacts and the upwardly displaced switching rod 4, and the metal casing 6 is substantially contained within the compartment 8.
  • the switch is constructed to make it possible to withdraw the switching rod 4 from the top of the switch in the manner shown in Fig. 3, while the fixed contacts 2, 3 remain energized.
  • the axial length of the casings 6, 7, accordingly, must be suiiicient to guarantee sufficient insulating distance between the upper edge of the energized screen 10 and the lower end of the switching rod 4 on one hand and between the upper end of the switching rod l4 and the lid 13 of the grounded casing 6 on the other hand.
  • These insulating distances extend in the insulating fluid contained in the switching compartment 1, which is generally contaminated by the switching process, so that when these distances are calculated a safety factor is taken into account. Due to these requirements the electric switch illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and 3 is of a large axial dimension.
  • a switch in accordance with the invention is shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 which correspond to the operating conditions of Figs. l, 2 and 3 respectively.
  • the screen 10 of the switch shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3 is divided, according to the invention, into two separate coaxial parts 10a and 10b.
  • the screen parts are conductively interconnected by the switching rod 4 when the switch is in its open condition (Fig. 5) and distribute the electric iield, between the switching rod ⁇ 4 and the metal casing, externally of the switching compartment 1 just as well as the screen 10 in Figs. l, 2 and 3.
  • the screen 10b is conductively connected to the switching rod 4 by means of a third contact 14 when said rod is in a switch opening position.
  • the switching rod 4 is removable (Fig. 6) axially from the switch while the tixed switching contacts 2, 3 are energized.
  • the screen 10b is disconnected from the fixed switching contact 3, as soon as the switching rod ⁇ 4 is moved axially away from fixed switching contact 3. In that case, only the screen 10a remains directly connected with energized parts, whereas the screen 10b is grounded, and the insulating separation of the screens 10a and 10b is lnearly entirely situated inside the compartment 8 of high insulating quality.
  • the screen ltl' may be divided into more than two coaxial parts, each of which is conductively connected with the switching rod 4 when it is in its open position of Fig. 5.
  • the screens 9, 10a and 10b . may be mounted in the space 8, as shown, or incorporated in the insulating inner Wall 7.
  • the edges thereof are'circumferentially surrounded by a number of concentric ringsv 9 and 10', which in the manner of the plates of a condenser, are insulated with respect to one another and produce a favorable potential gradient.
  • a switch for high voltage currents comprising, two vertical fluid-tight substantially concentric radially spaced tubular casings each adapted to be filled with an insulating iluid, the inner one of said casings being of electrically non-conductive material, at least three vertically spaced xed contacts mounted on said inner casing and extending inwardly thereof, at least two lead-in-conductors directly electrically connected only to the two lowermost ones of said fixed contacts respectively, each fixed contact situated above the said two lowermost ixed contacts lacking a direct connection with a lead-in-conductor, an axially displaceable conductive contact-rod mounted for reciprocation in the axis of the inner casing and adapted to be removed from and inserted into said inner casing through a top end thereof, said contact-rod being operative between a closed circuit position in which it engages and electrically interconnects the two lowermost xed contacts and an open circuit position in which it engages and electrically interconnects all fixed contacts with the exception of the lowermost one

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GB619323A (en) * 1946-01-16 1949-03-08 Nijland Hendrik Arend Hidde Improvements in or relating to electric circuit-breaker structures

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US3200223A (en) * 1962-11-15 1965-08-10 Mc Graw Edison Co Circuit breaker of fluid immersed type having pair of series connected interrupters
DE2617004A1 (de) * 1976-04-17 1977-10-27 Pfisterer Elektrotech Karl Hoch- und mittelspannungsschalter

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