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Switching equipment

Ref GB 6 • 2018

Summary

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This CIGRE Green Book provides the entire know-how about switches in a high voltage system. The switching equipment includes circuit breakers, vacuum interrupters, disconnecting switches, and earthing switches used in AC & DC transmission and distribution systems. The Green book describes different switching equipments and their roles in the power systems. It explains the fundamental switching behaviors in power systems targeted for practitioners and students and joining electrical industries. The Green book also covers fundamental specific subjects including
DC circuit breakers, controlled switching, fault current limiting devices and future technologies. 
Like all Green books, this book covers the cumulative understanding of numerous experts in the CIGRE Study Committee. It offers the approved and outstanding practical knowledge of CIGRE Study committee A3 and was collected by Dr. Hiroki Ito.

  • Everything you need to know about switches in a high-voltage system
  • The cumulative knowledge of numerous experts in the CIGRE Study Committee A3 in one place
  • Insights into the fundamental switching behaviour in energy systems for practitioners and for the electrical industry
  • The basics of DC circuit breakers, controlled switching, residual current limiting devices and future technologies

Table of content

  1. CIGRE Study Committee A3 Activity
  2. Equipment in Power Systems
  3. Interrupting Phenomena of High-Voltage Circuit Breaker
  4. Switching Phenomena in Power System
  5. History of Circuit Breakers
  6. Gas Circuit Breakers
  7. Vacuum Circuit Breakers
  8. Generator Circuit Breakers
  9. Disconnecting Switches and Earthing Switches
  10. Dielectric Withstand Performance Tests
  11. Short-Circuit Performance Tests
  12. Simulations as Verification Tool for Design and Performance Evaluation of Switchgears
  13. Fault Current Limiting (FCL) Devices and Techniques
  14. Controlled Switching
  15. Surge Arresters
  16. HVDC Switching Equipment
  17. Lifetime Management on Equipment
  18. Future Trends and Developments

Additional informations

Publication type Green Books
Reference GB 6
Publication year
Publisher CIGRE / Springer
ISBN 978-3-319-72537-6
Study committees
Pages number 584

Authors

Editor: Hiroki Ito

Authors: Hiroki Ito, Denis Dufournet, Anton Janssen, Harley Wilson, Hubert Mercure, Russ Yeckley, Daisuke Yoshida, Sebastian Poirier, René Smeets, Marta Lacorte, David Peelo, Robert Le Roux, Tadao Minagawa, Martin Kriegel, Nenad Uzelac, Jay Prigmore, André Mercier, Mark Waldron, Kevin Kleinhans, Magne Runde, Dirk Makareinis, Carsten Protze, Ankur Maheshwari, Antonio C. Carvalho, Lou van der Sluis

Keywords

Circuit Breaker, Vacuum Interrupter, Disconnecting Switch, Earthing Switch, Switching Phenomena, Controlled Switching, Fault Current Limiters, HVDC switching equipment

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