A high-speed earthing switch in gas-insulated metal enclosed switchgear

Author

Bojic, Predrag

Author_Institution

Ansaldo T&D, Genoa, Italy

Volume

17

Issue

1

fYear

2002

fDate

1/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

117

Lastpage

122

Abstract

A high-speed earthing switch (HSES) is a permanently installed switching apparatus in gas-insulated metal enclosed switchgear (GIS). A spring driven HSES has been developed and tested in a one-phase and three-phase synthetic test circuit. The HSES rated voltages of 245 kV and 300 kV enable closing (making) operation on the peak value of short circuit current of 100 kA to be performed twice without needing maintenance. This paper presents the main task of an HSES for application in GIS, design characteristics, and two different test procedures. Wide searching throughout standards was made in order to define the real status of this apparatus

Keywords

earthing; gas insulated switchgear; short-circuit currents; switchgear testing; 100 kA; 245 kV; 300 kV; closing operation; gas-insulated metal enclosed switchgear; high-speed earthing switch; making current test; metal enclosed GIS; one-phase synthetic test circuit; short circuit current; spring driven switch; test procedures; three-phase synthetic test circuit; Circuit testing; Conductors; Gas insulation; Geographic Information Systems; Grounding; Springs; Switches; Switchgear; Switching circuits; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.974197

Filename

974197