Analyses of vacuum circuit breaker switching transients in medium voltage networks with respect to LC filters of solar converters

Author

Kuczek, T. ; Florkowski, M. ; Piasecki, W.

Author_Institution

ABB Corp. Res. Center, Krakow, Poland

fYear

2014

fDate

8-11 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents possible transient states related to vacuum circuit breaker operation in PV power plant. Case study of transformer de-energization under no-load conditions was analyzed. The variation with respect to up-to-date studies is related to determination of solar converters LC filters influence on multiple arc re-ignitions occurrence during vacuum circuit breaker operation. Research covers both laboratory measurement as well as PSCAD simulations.

Keywords

LC circuits; photovoltaic power systems; power filters; power transformers; solar energy conversion; switching transients; vacuum circuit breakers; LC filter; PSCAD simulation; PV power plant; medium voltage network; multiple arc reignition occurrence; no-load condition analysis; solar converter; switching transient; transformer deenergization; vacuum circuit breaker analyses; Capacitance; Circuit breakers; Integrated circuit modeling; Laboratories; PSCAD; Switches; Transient analysis; LC filters; simulations verification; solar converters; switching; transients; vacuum circuit breaker;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Voltage Engineering and Application (ICHVE), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Poznan

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHVE.2014.7035378

Filename

7035378