Title :
Self-power emitter turn-off thyristor (SPETO) based circuit breaker for power distribution system
Author :
Chen, Qian ; Tan, Kai ; Huang, Alex Q.
Author_Institution :
FREEDM Syst. Center, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
Abstract :
Compared to mechanical solution, solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) offers enormous advantages in terms of switching speed and maintenance. With fast switching performance, high current turn-off capability, self-power and built-in sensor functions, SPETO is a very promising high power switching device for the application of SSCB in power distribution system. The experimental results show that the SPETO based SSCB can turn off current quickly and works well with self-power function, and therefore is suitable for SSCB in power distribution system.
Keywords :
circuit breakers; distribution networks; thyristors; SPETO; SSCB; built-in sensor functions; circuit breaker; maintenance; mechanical solution; power distribution system; self-power emitter turn-off thyristor; solid-state circuit breaker; switching speed; Capacitors; Circuit breakers; Logic gates; Optical switches; Power distribution; Thyristors;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Raleigh, NC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0802-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0801-4
DOI :
10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342564
