• DocumentCode
    1024457
  • Title

    A 500,000-Kva 7.5-Kv Air Circuit Breaker for Steel-Mill Service

  • Author

    Dickinson, R.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Section engineer in the air-circuit-breaker section at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Volume
    63
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1944
  • fDate
    5/1/1944 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    242
  • Lastpage
    245
  • Abstract
    A self-contained air circuit breaker for a rating of 500,000 kva at 7.5 kv has long been regarded as a desirable goal. Recent developments in magnetic-type air circuit breakers have indicated the economic feasibility of similar designs for ratings higher than previously attained. The development of a 500,000-kva 7,500-volt magnetic air circuit breaker is described. A description of the breaker and the peculiar design problems are presented. Test data with oscillograms are shown.
  • Keywords
    Circuit breakers; Circuit testing; Contactors; Insulation; Magnetic materials; Milling machines; Petroleum; Power generation economics; Switching circuits; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Transactions of the
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-3860
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-AIEE.1944.5058930
  • Filename
    5058930