• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.24 no.12
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• pp.78-83
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• 2010

The domestic 30AFs that are currently being produced show many problems due to different instantaneous trip characteristics in case of short-circuit. The troubles may cause explosion by excessive short-circuit capacities and arc emission, which results in a wide range of blackout. The function and safety of the low voltage circuit breakers installed before the end load are very important. This paper presents an idea on the safety improvement of the low voltage circuit-breakers through the analysis of instantaneous trip characteristics of domestic 30AF circuit-breakers.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.6
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• pp.905-909
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• 2012

Recent WTO/TBT agreement was adopted by the IEC domestic. For this reason, low voltage electrical equipment was many Confusion arises. Low voltage circuit was also one of these. The case of low voltage circuit, existing domestic circuit breakers and circuit breakers IEC curve differs from the behavior of each other. If low voltage circuit breaker wrong facility, circuit breaker malfunction may occur due to the large property damage. In this paper, to solve these problems domestic circuit breakers and circuit breaker operation IEC curves were analyzed. And, through experiments suggested compatible breaker way.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.56 no.9
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• pp.1566-1570
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• 2007

[ $SF_6$ ] gas circuit breakers are widely used for short circuit current interruption in EHV(Extra High Voltage) or UHV(Ultra High Voltage) power systems. To develop $SF_6$ gas circuit breakers, the arc resistance value is necessary to compare experimental results to numerical ones. The arc resistance value can be obtained from a breaking test with a $SF_6$ gas circuit breaker. The direct testing or synthetic testing facility is widely used to verify the breaking ability for $SF_6$ gas circuit breakers. We employed the simplified synthetic testing facility to test a $SF_6$ gas circuit breaker prototype. The arc resistance characteristic was measured and calculated under the various experimental conditions. This arc resistance value can be used for verifying the numerical results from arc simulation in a circuit breakers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.364-367
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• 2009

The role of the low voltage circuit breakers that are installed just before the load is very important for safety. This paper presents a test and analysis of the instantaneous trip characteristics of the Low Voltage 30AF(Ampere Frame) Circuit Breakers, which can be expected to be used for improving the safety of the Low Voltage Circuit Breaker.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.1-8
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• 2022

This study analyzed the characteristics of insulation resistance and operating time based on an accelerated degradation test of a low-voltage circuit breaker. The experimental sample used a molded case circuit breaker (MCCB) and an earth leakage circuit breaker (ELCB). After measuring the insulation resistance of the circuit breakers, the leakage current was affected by an external rather than an internal structure. Furthermore, the insulation resistance of the circuit breakers with accelerated degradation was measured using a Megger insulation tester. In the accelerated degradation test, aging times of five, ten, 15, and 20 years were applied according to a temperature derived using the Arrhenius equation. Circuit breakers with an equivalent life of ten, 15, and 20 years had increased insulation resistance compared to those with less degradation time. In particular, the circuit breaker with an equivalent life of ten years had the highest insulation resistance. Component analysis of the circuit breaker manufactured through an accelerated degradation test confirmed that the timing of the increase in insulation resistance and the time of additive loss were the same. Finally, after analyzing the operating time of the circuit breakers with degradation, it was confirmed that the MCCB did not change, but the ELCB breaker failed.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.503-510
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• 2020

The importance of DC breakers as key protection equipment is increasing in accordance with growing concerns on MVDC distribution network systems without DC/AC conversion. Different from the situation in AC systems, no natural zero-crossing point exists in DC systems. Thus, DC breaker technology is more difficult than AC breaker technology. The solutions for DC breakers can be divided into three types: mechanical, power electronics, and hybrid. In this study, the operating principles of several topologies of hybrid circuit breakers and that of the proposed DC breaker are analyzed and simulated by sorting two types. The breakers are compared in terms of the type and number of semiconductors, volume, power loss, auxiliary components, isolation, and other aspects. The advantages and disadvantages of the breakers are also analyzed.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07b
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• pp.926-928
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• 2002

Much progress has been made during the past two decades in numerical analysis of electromagnetic forces in molded case circuit breakers (MCCB) for increasing arc voltage due to the change of the configuration of arc chute and fixed conductor. A review on this topic is given. which mainly covers the past research activities associated with that of our company.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07a
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• pp.125-127
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• 2000

Multiple faults are hard to diagnose correctly because the operation of circuit breakers tripped by former fault changes the topology of power systems. The information including operating time of actuated relays and tripped circuit breakers is used for considering changes of the network topology in fault section diagnosis. This paper presents a method for fault section diagnosis using a set of matrices which represent changes of the network topology due to operation of circuit breakers. The proposed method uses fuzzy relation to cope with the unavoidable uncertainties imposed on fault section diagnosis of power systems. The inference executed by the proposed matrices provides the fault section candidates in the form of a matrix made up of the degree of membership. Experimental studies for real power systems reveal usefulness of the proposed technique to diagnose multiple faults.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.68-74
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• 2006

Malfunction and nuisance tripping of molded case circuit breaker(MCCB) caused by harmonic currents have been reported. But no data is available on the behavior of MCCB under harmonic currents. This paper tested the effects of harmonic currents on four common types of MCCB(thermal, thermal magnetic, magnetic and electronic types). Results of experiment detected no nuisance tripping with any of the breakers tested under test currents, included harmonic current, below rated currents. Additionally it was found that varying harmonic loading conditions did not affect manufacturer specified trip times for thermal only and thermal magnetic circuit breakers. However, under overloaded conditions, trip times of the magnetic only circuit breakers were gradually slowed according to increasing of harmonic currents, and it could cause hazardous overheating of cables. So, the use of magnetic only circuit breakers in the place harmonic currents we serious must be avoided.

• 전기의세계
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.59-62
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• 1976

This study on the characteristics of the leakage circuit breakers handles the rolls of each itemized parts of the mentioned apparatus and their influence in determining of the characteristic curve of leakage circuit breaker. Furthermore the differential current transforms in the mentioned apparatus for detecting the fault is handled as a heavy point.