US3283103A - Means for controlling phase relationship between flux and current in a vacuum interrupter - Google Patents

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US3283103A
US3283103A US328601A US32860163A US3283103A US 3283103 A US3283103 A US 3283103A US 328601 A US328601 A US 328601A US 32860163 A US32860163 A US 32860163A US 3283103 A US3283103 A US 3283103A
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  • the usual vacuum type circuit inte-rrupter comprises la pair of relatively movable contacts, or electrodes, that can be separated t-o establish an arcing gap therebetween across which an a-rc is formed.
  • the arc vaporizes some of the electrode material to create a local atmosphere through which current flows until about the time a natural current ze-ro is reached.
  • the arc vanishes, and the usual recovery Voltage transient builds up across Ithe arcing gap. If the gap is able to withstand this recovery voltage transient, the arc is prevented from reigniting and interruption is completed.
  • the current interrupting capacity of a vacuum internupter can be increased by applying to the arcing gap during high instantaneous current ⁇ an axial magnetic field that has its .lines of force extending .generally parallel to the arc.
  • the magnetic field must be removed or at least reduced t-o a low strength during the period just prior to current zero and must be relatively strong during the period when the instaneous current is high.
  • a relatively simple way of producing a magnetic iield that has a high strength during peak currents and a low strength during low currents is to utilize a coil connected in series with the contacts of the internupter.
  • a problem that is involved in Ithis approach is that if the magnetic field strength is limited to the required low level during the period just prior to current zero, then the maximum field strength that can be obtained during thigh our-rents tends to be unduly limited. Or vice versa, if the field strength during high currents is .raised to the required h-igh levels, then an excessive field strengt'h tends Ito be present just prior to current zero.
  • An object of our invention is to provide, for controlling the magnetic field in such -an interrupter, an arrangement that is capable of holding the magnetic field strength to the required low level during the interval just prior to current zero without unduly limiting the maximum field lstrength that can be obtained during high instantaneous currents.
  • a Vacuum-type alternating -current circuit interrupter that comprises -a highly evacuated envelope and a pair of electrodes disposed wi-thin the envelope.
  • the electrodes have a spaced-apart position in which they ⁇ define a ⁇ gap therebetween across which an .arc is adapted to be formed.
  • Fieldeproducing means is provided for developing across the gap an axial magnetic field Ihaving its lines of force extending ⁇ generally parallel to tlhe longitudinal ⁇ axis of the arc. This field-producing means is energized by a ICC current that varies 'directly in accordance with lthe arcing current.
  • Means including a saturable core of magnetic material spaced from the arcing gap is provided for shunting a high percentage of the ilux developed by said fieldproducing means through va path remote from the gap during low arcing currents.
  • the core is designed so that it saturates when the arcing current reaches a predetermined level that is substantially beneath ythe maximum instantaneous current that the interruptor is rated to interrupt. This core-.saturation forces the flux produced .by currents in excess of said predetermined level to .follow a path that makes such iiux avail-able for the axial field across Kthe gap.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view through la vacuumtype circuit internupter embodying one form of our invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view along the line 2 2 of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. V3 is an enlarged perspective view ⁇ of a portion of the interrupter of FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a graphical representation of the current and ⁇ magnetic field strength during an interrupting operation of the interruptor of FIGS. 1-3.
  • a highly evacuated envelope 16 comprising a casing 11 of suitable insulating material and a pair of metallic end caps 12 and 13 closing off the ends of the casing.
  • the normal pressure within the envelope 10 under static conditions is lower than l0*4 mm. of mercury, so that a reasonable assurance is had that the 'mean free path ⁇ for electrons will Ibe longer than the potential breakdown paths in the envelope.
  • a pair of relatively movable disk-shaped contacts, or electrodes, 17 and 18 shown in their separated or open-circuit position. When the contacts are separated, there is an arcing gap 22 located therebetween.
  • the upper contact is a stationary contact suitably ⁇ secured to a conductive rod 17a, which at its upper end is united to the upper end cap 12.
  • rPhe lower contact 18 is a movable contact joined to a conductive operating rod 18a, which is suitably mounted for ventical movement.
  • the operating rod 18a projects through an opening in the lower end cap 13, and a flexible metallic bellows 20 provides a seal about the rod 18a to allow for vertical movement of the rod with-out impairing the Vacuum inside the envelope 10.
  • the bellows 20 is secured in sealed relationship at its respective opposite ends to the operating .rod 18a and the end cap 13.
  • actuating means (not shown) is provided for driving the m-ovable contact 18 upwardly into engagement with the stationary cont-act 17 so as to close the interrupiter.
  • the closed position of the movable contact is indicated by the dotted line 21.
  • the actuating means is also capable of returning the Contact 18 to its illustrated solid-line posit-ion so as t-o open the interrupter.
  • a ciricuit opening operation will soon be explained in greater detail.
  • a typical gap length when the contacts are fully iseparated is 1/2 inch.
  • This shield 15 acts to intercept and condense argenerated metallic vapors before they can reach the casing 11.
  • a pair of end shields 16 and 16a are provided at opposite ends of the central shield. These end shields correspond yto those disclosed and claimed in Praten-t No. 2,892,912, Greenwood et al., assigned to the assignee of the present invention.
  • All of the internal parts of the interrupter a-re substantially free of surface contaminants.
  • the contacts 17 and 18 are effectively freed of gases absorbed internally of the contact body so as to preclude evolution of the-se gases during high current interrupt-ion.
  • each contact is of a disk shape and has one of its major sur-ufaces ⁇ facing the other contact.
  • the central region of each contact is formed with a recess 29 in this major surface, and an annular contact-making area 30 surrounds this recess.
  • annular contact-making areas 30 abut against each other when the contacts are in their closed or engaged position and are o'f such a diameter that the current flowing throu-gh the closed contacts follows a loop-shaped path L that bows outward, as is indicated by the dotted lines of FIG. 1.
  • This loop-shaped path has a magnetic effect which tends in a well known manner to lengthen the loop.
  • the magnetic effect of current owing through the loop shaped path will impel the arc radially outward.
  • the arc 38 is subjected to a cir- 'cumferentially-acting magnetic force that tends to cause the arc to move circumferentially about the central axis of the disks.
  • This circumferentially-acting magnetic force is preferably produced by series of slots 32 provided in the disks and extending from the outer periphery of the disks radially inward by generally spiral paths, as is shown in FIG. 3.
  • slots 32 correspond to similarly designated yslots in the aforementioned Schneider patent and, thus, force the current owing to or from an arc terminal located at substantially any angular point on the peripheral region of the disk to follow a path that has a net component extending generally tangentially with respect to the periphery in the vicinity of the arc.
  • This tangential coniigura-tion will be apparent from the path L shown in FIG. 3 leading from'rod 18a to the terminal of an arc 38 on the outer periphery of contact 1S.
  • This tangential coniiguration of the current path causes the magnetic loop L to develop a net tangential force component which tends to drive the arc in a circumferential direction about the contact.
  • the interrupter if the interrupter is to successfully interrupt the current at a given current zero, it must have built up suicient dielectric strength across the gap between the contacts to withstand the usual recovery voltage transient that appears across the contacts immediately following the point at which current zero is reached. Whether or not the gap will have this much dielectric strength is largely dependent upon the extent to which the gap is free of arcing products by the time the recovery voltage transient is applied.
  • the extent to which the gap is free of arcing products depends'to Van important degree upon the ability of .the interrupter, particularly the shield 1S, to condense these arcing products. Ordinarily, no problem is encountered i for low current interruptions since the quantity of arcing products generated by a low current arc is relatively small. But at high currents, much greater quantities of arcing products are gene-rated, and there is a current level beyond which the interrupter can no longer condense these arcing products fast enough for the gap to withstand the recovery voltage transient.
  • Va vacuum circuit interrupter can be materially increased by applying to the arcing gap during high instantaneous currents an axial magnetic field that has its lines of force extendeding ,generally parallel to Ithe arc,
  • the density of the magnetic field must be high during the peri-od when the instantaneous current is high and must be reduced to ia very low level during the period just prior to -current zero. More specifically, when the instantaneous current is high, the magnetic field density in the arcing region must be high enough to produce a substantial reduction in the arc voltage as compared to that which would be present without the 'axial magnetic field.
  • the den-sity of the axial imagnetic field should be sufiiciently low that there is no substantial impairment of the voltage withstand ability vof the gap at 'current zero ⁇ as compared to that of the gap when no magnetic field is present during this interval before current Zero.
  • the reduced arc voltage that results from the high strength magnetic field appears to result from the tendency that such an axial magnetic field has to confine the arcing products about the arc.
  • the present invention is concerned with an arrangement tha-t enables the desired high field strength to be obtained during high instantaneous currents without producing ⁇ an excessive eld vstrength during the period just prior to current zero.
  • a coil 52 having its turns surrounding the envelope 10 is provided and is connected in series with the contacts in the power circuit through the interrupter so that current owing through the fare also flows through the coil.
  • the circuit through the intelrupter and the coil 52 extends between a pair of opposed terminals 54 and 56 via the conductive rod 18a, contact 1S, the arc 3S, contact 17, rod 17a, connection 57 and coil 52.
  • current ilows through coil 52 it creates fa magnetic field 54) which has its lines of force extending generally parallel to the arc in the arcing gap.
  • annular iron core 60 that surrounds the casing 11 of the interrupter and is disposed between the casing 11 and the coil 52.
  • the core 60 is made of a high permeability material such as silicon steel.
  • the core 60 is formed from strips of grain-oriented silicon steel arranged in stacks 62, circumferentially spaced about the interrupter casing 11 ias best shown in FIG. 2. These stacks 62 are held in assembled relationship by suitable means including a cylinder 63 of insulating material disposed at the inner periphery of the core 60,
  • the core 60 acts as a ux shunt through which most of the flux developed by coil 52 is directed so that very little flux penetrates into the larcing gap 22.
  • :most of Ithe tlux that is located radially-inward of coil 52 then follows a path through core 60 rather than through the region disposed radially-inward of the core 60. Thu-s, the core 60 may be thought of las being magnetically in parallel with the gap 22 and as forming for the flux a magnetic path bypassing the gap.
  • curve F depicts the flux in the center of the contact region during a period ⁇ of high current such as might result from a short circuit.
  • Such current is depicted in curve I plotted ⁇ against the same time scale las curve F.
  • the Current is -depicted as flowing for la complete half cycle from O to C. Between the instants O and A, the instantaneous current is relatively low and the iron cofre 60 is unsaturated. Thus, most of the ilux is directed through the core, and very little penetrates into the contact region, las is indicated by the low flat portion of the flux curve F between 0 and A.
  • the core 60 begins -saturating and the llux created by the additional current can no longer nd a low reluctance path through the core 60. Accordingly, a high percentage of this ux penetrates into the contact region, causing the ux curve F to rise iat a much steeper rate. Shortly after the current reaches its peak, the flux also reaches its peak and then drops as the current drops. At the instant B, the current has dropped to a level that has restored the iron to its unsaturated conditi-on, thus allowing the iron to shunt -most of the flux through a path remote from the contact region. Some stray iiux continues to appear in the contact region Vafter the instant B, but this is a relatively small amount of flux as is illustrated by the low, relatively hat portion yof the flux curve F extending from B to C.
  • the iron core 60 was designed to saturate at 23,000 ampers. For currents above 23,000 ampers, an axial eld appeared in the contact region high enough to reduce the arc voltage to a value less than half that which typically or normally appeared for corresponding instantaneous currents without the axial magnetic tiel-d. With a circuit voltage of 15.5 kv. R.M.S., asymmetrical currents with peak values as high as 65,000 ampers were interrupted by this interrupter. This 65,000 ampere peak current was approximately 50 percent higher than the maximum peak current that could typically be interrupted by interrupters of this same design, but without the axial magnetic field and the iron core.
  • suitable field strengths for the axial magnetic field in the arc-ing gap are 800 gausses at 20,000 amperes instantaneous current, 1600 gausses at 40,000 ampers, and 2,400 gausses at 60,000 amperes.
  • the magnetic field density be reduced to a very low value during the period just prior to current zero. This enables the arcing products to disperse from the arcing gap, thus permitting the gap at current zero to recover its voltage withstand ability to substantially the same extent as if no axial magnetic held had been present during the immediately preceding interval.
  • the flux wave form has been approximately the same as that of the current, it will be apparent that the amount of flux at instant B would be a higher percentage of the maximum flux than is the case with the flux wave from F show in FIG. 4.
  • the presence of the core 60 enables us to reduce the amount of flux appearing just before current zero for a given maximum value of flux. We therefore are able to produce the desired high values of flux in the arcing gap during high currents without producing excessive llux'during the period just prior to current zero.
  • end caps l2 and i3 have been formed of a high resistivity, low permeability material such as stainless steel in order to limit the eddy currents induced therein.
  • the core 60 is laminated for the same purpose.
  • the magnetic circuit for the flux that passes through the iron core 60 contains a large air gap about the outer periphery of the coil 52. This large air gap restricts any residual ma-gnetism in the iron so that the effect of the iron in controlling the flux density in the arcing region is independent of the polarity of the current flowing through the ooil and is also independent of the previous history of the core from a magnetization viewpoint.
  • iour invention in its broader aspects also comprehends a core that is located inside the casing, but in such a position as to shunt ux away from the arching gap Z2 during low currents.
  • An alternating-current circuit interrupter of the vacuum type that is adapted to interrupt arcing currents having a predetermined maximum instantaneous value comprising:
  • said axial magnetic field has suiiicient flux density in said gap to substantially reduce the arc voltage as compared to the arc voltage normally developed during corresponding instantaneous currents without said axial magnetic field
  • said axial magnetic field has a sufficiently low density during the period just preceding a current zero that follows a high value of instantaneous arcing current to enable said gap to recover its voltage withstand ability at current zero to substantially the same extent as said gap would without said axial magnetic field during said period.
  • An alternating current circuit interrupter of the vacuum type that is adapted to interrupt arcing currents having a predetermined maximum instantaneous value comprising:
  • (c) held-producing means including a coil connected in series with said contacts for developing across said gap an axial magnetic iield that has its lines of force extending across said gap generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of said arc, v
  • An alternating current circuit interrupter of the vacuum type that is adapted to interrupt arcing currents having a predetermined maximum instantaneous value comprising:
  • field-producing means including a coil connected in series with said contacts for developing across said gap an axial magnetic lield that has its lines of force extending across said gap generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of said arc,
  • said saturable core being of a generating cylindrical form and being mounted about said evacuated envelope between said envelope and said coil.
  • An alternating current circuit interrupter of the vacuum type that is adapted to interrupt arcing currents having a predetermined maximum instantaneous value comprising:
  • ield-producing means including a coil connected in series with said contacts for developing across said gap an axial magnetic field that has its lines of force extending across said gap generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of said arc,
  • An alternating-current circuit interrupter of the vacuum type that is adapted to interrupt arcing currents having a predetermined maximum instantaneous value comprising:

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CH1566964A CH420331A (de) 1963-12-06 1964-12-03 Verfahren zum Unterbrechen eines Stromes mittels eines Vakuum-Wechselstromunterbrechers
FR997374A FR1415441A (fr) 1963-12-06 1964-12-04 Perfectionnements aux interrupteurs de circuit sous vide
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ES0306761A ES306761A1 (es) 1963-12-06 1964-12-04 Un dispositivo interruptor de circuitos de corriente alterna del tipo de vacio y metodo para mejorar la capacidad de interrupciën del mismo
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