• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.495-496
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• 2011

기존에 사용되고 있는 초고압 가스차단기(GCB : gas circuit breaker)는 대부분 퍼퍼형(puffer type) 소호방식의 가스 차단기를 사용하였다. 퍼퍼형 소호방식은 차단동작에 있어서 대단히 큰 조작력이 요구되고 소호부 size가 큰 단점을 가지고 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 아크 자체의 에너지를 아크 소호에 필요한 압력상승을 일으키는 데 이용하는 자력소호방식(self-extingishing type)에 작은 체적의 퍼퍼 실린더를 병용하는 복합소호방식(hybrid extingishing type) 차단부가 개발되어 사용이 확대되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 차단기의 소호방식별 특성을 비교 분석하고 최근 사용이 확대되고 있는 복합소호방식 차단기의 고장사례 분석을 통해 개선대책을 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.729-733
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• 2003

Hybrid RMU is a kind of power circuit breaker and protects electric devices from over-current. In this paper we built a dynamic model of RMU driving mechanism using ADAMS and performed a optimal design of several design parameters. Finally we developed a prototype of RMU driving mechanism through results of analysis and confirmed it to satisfy design requisitions.

• 전기산업
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.62-70
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05b
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• pp.2494-2499
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• 2007

Self-blast circuit breakers utilize the energy dissipated by the arc itself to create the required conditions for arc quenching during the current zero. The high-current simulation provides information about the mixing process of the hot PTFE cloud with $SF_6$ gas which is difficult to access for measurement. But it is also hard to simulate flow phenomenon because the flow in interrupter with high current, $SF_6$-PTFE mixture vapor and complex physical behavior including radiation, calculation of electric field. Using a commercial computational fluid dynamics(CFD) package, the conservation equation for the gas and temperature, velocity and electric fields within breaker can be solved. Results show good agreement between the predicted and measured pressure rise in the thermal chamber.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.03b
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• pp.695-698
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• 2008

Self-blast circuit breakers utilize the energy dissipated by the arc itself to create the required conditions for arc quenching during the current zero. During the arcing period, high pressure, temperature and radiation of the arc could burn in pure SF6 gas and PTFE nozzle. Ablated nozzle shape and $SF_6$-PTFE mixture vapor affect the performance of an self-blast circuit breaker. After a number of tests, nozzle in circuit breaker is disassembled, a section of ablated nozzle is investigated precisely. Using computational fluid dynamics, the conservation equation for the gas and temperature, velocity and electric fields within breaker is solved. Before applying a section model, developed program is verified with experimental data. Performance of ablated nozzle shape is compared with original model through analysis program.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.24-32
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• 2020

A self-blast type gas circuit breaker has been studied in this study to improve efficiency of interrupting performance of short line fault(SLF). Hot gas flows of gas circuit breaker have been simulated to evaluate interruption performance using CFD. Design parameters such as various types of expansion chamber and nozzles are suggested by using simulation results. Simulated results and experimental ones are compared with previous (ones that of in under development and with capacitor) GCB. Modified new shape of an expansion chamber and nozzle has been suggested to improve the efficiency of gas flow and to provide guidelines for designing self-blast breaker with a higher interruption capability.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.1362_1363
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• 2009

In this study, we predicted the thermal breakdown of high-voltage interrupter with the characteristics of thermal plasmas such as temperature, pressure and concentration of the ablated material by using a commercial CFD program. The results showed that the pressure build-up inside the chamber was proportional to the magnitude of arcing current because the quantities of heat energy and ablated mass also increase together with the current during the compression process. And during the decompression process, the reverse flow was not coincided with the magnitude of the applied current due to the compressibility of the gas through backflow channel. The present method is expected to be useful for the design of guideline and interruption capacity on the thermal breakdown of a PASB chamber.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.54 no.9
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• pp.408-413
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• 2005

This paper presents the basic design technology on the hybrid type GCB(gas circuit breakers) through the test results. The three type hybrid interrupters according to the arrangement of the thermal expansion chamber and the puffer cylinder(they are called 'serial type', ' parallel/exchanged type ,' and ' parallel/separated type ' respectively in this work) were designed and manufactured and then the tests of operating characteristics and interrupting were performed using a simplified synthetic test facility. The interruption capability with the type and the opening speed and the pressure rise which is required to interrupt were examined. The change of pressure rise with the number of interruption was given quantitatively and therefore the pressure rise can be predicted. Finally, it was shown that the interruption capability tends to increase with the increasing of opening speed in the puffer type; however, the hybrid type interrupter has a different interruption characteristic.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.53 no.12
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• pp.725-731
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• 2004

In this study, the three type hybrid interrupters according to the arrangement of the thermal expansion chamber and the puffer cylinder(they are called 'serial type', 'parallel/exchanged type', and 'parallel/separated type' respectively in this work) were designed and manufactured. This paper presents the tested results of the thermal recovery characteristics on the interrupters using a simplified synthetic test facility. The 'serial type' hybrid interrupter which is to obtain more easily the pressure rise for the thermal recovery compared with the others has the best capability in the thermal recovery characteristics. In order to investigate the stress on the operating mechanism, the distortion of the stroke wave in on-load test was examined to the stroke curve in no-load test. The biggest distortion was occurred in the 'parallel/exchanged type' hybrid interrupter. Finally, the small interruption capability on the three type interrupters was estimated by a theoretical form and the 'parallel/separated type' hybrid interrupter has the advantage of the others in the view of structure.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.11b
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• pp.265-267
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• 2000

The RMU is a power apparatus which is used in loop network distribution system. This paper considers the development of the hybrid interrupter in RMU which adopts both rotating arc and thermal expansion technology. Because of the operating principle of this device, it has some merit, compared with other interrupter. In this research, the geometric construction of the interrupting techniques are given and experimental results of hybrid interrupter which is developed by new technology is introduced.