Experimental results from a Thomson-coil actuator for a vacuum interrupter in an HVDC breaker
Recent developments in high-voltage direct current transmission technology and the plans for multi-terminals motivate research efforts on the fast DC breaker. A novel concept to interrupt current up to several kiloamperes within a few milliseconds is presently under development, using a vacuum inter...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wiley
2019-04-01
|
| Series: | The Journal of Engineering |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2018.8219 |
| _version_ | 1818353130005331968 |
|---|---|
| author | Antoine Baudoin Bence Hátsági Miguel Álvarez Lennart Ängquist Simon Nee Staffan Norrga Tomas Modeer |
| author_facet | Antoine Baudoin Bence Hátsági Miguel Álvarez Lennart Ängquist Simon Nee Staffan Norrga Tomas Modeer |
| author_sort | Antoine Baudoin |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Recent developments in high-voltage direct current transmission technology and the plans for multi-terminals motivate research efforts on the fast DC breaker. A novel concept to interrupt current up to several kiloamperes within a few milliseconds is presently under development, using a vacuum interrupter together with power electronics to create an artificial zero-crossing in the current through the switch. To achieve this objective, one critical component in the concept is an ultra-fast linear mechanical actuator. A prototype has been developed based on a Thomson coil. The experimental results are presented and show how a contact gap in a vacuum interrupter was effectively created in a controlled manner. Current of several kiloamperes was successfully interrupted within 3 ms, thanks to the high-speed operation of the linear actuator. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-13T19:04:38Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-01826b6bd3cf4a5aafd9718f08e71197 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2051-3305 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-13T19:04:38Z |
| publishDate | 2019-04-01 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| record_format | Article |
| series | The Journal of Engineering |
| spelling | doaj.art-01826b6bd3cf4a5aafd9718f08e711972022-12-21T23:34:34ZengWileyThe Journal of Engineering2051-33052019-04-0110.1049/joe.2018.8219JOE.2018.8219Experimental results from a Thomson-coil actuator for a vacuum interrupter in an HVDC breakerAntoine Baudoin0Bence Hátsági1Miguel Álvarez2Lennart Ängquist3Simon Nee4Staffan Norrga5Tomas Modeer6SCiBreak ABSCiBreak ABSCiBreak ABSCiBreak ABSCiBreak ABSCiBreak ABSCiBreak ABRecent developments in high-voltage direct current transmission technology and the plans for multi-terminals motivate research efforts on the fast DC breaker. A novel concept to interrupt current up to several kiloamperes within a few milliseconds is presently under development, using a vacuum interrupter together with power electronics to create an artificial zero-crossing in the current through the switch. To achieve this objective, one critical component in the concept is an ultra-fast linear mechanical actuator. A prototype has been developed based on a Thomson coil. The experimental results are presented and show how a contact gap in a vacuum interrupter was effectively created in a controlled manner. Current of several kiloamperes was successfully interrupted within 3 ms, thanks to the high-speed operation of the linear actuator.https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2018.8219vacuum interruptersHVDC power transmissionexperimental resultsThomson-coil actuatorvacuum interrupterHVDC breakerhigh-voltage direct current transmission technologyfast DC breakerlinear actuatorultrafast linear mechanical actuator |
| spellingShingle | Antoine Baudoin Bence Hátsági Miguel Álvarez Lennart Ängquist Simon Nee Staffan Norrga Tomas Modeer Experimental results from a Thomson-coil actuator for a vacuum interrupter in an HVDC breaker The Journal of Engineering vacuum interrupters HVDC power transmission experimental results Thomson-coil actuator vacuum interrupter HVDC breaker high-voltage direct current transmission technology fast DC breaker linear actuator ultrafast linear mechanical actuator |
| title | Experimental results from a Thomson-coil actuator for a vacuum interrupter in an HVDC breaker |
| title_full | Experimental results from a Thomson-coil actuator for a vacuum interrupter in an HVDC breaker |
| title_fullStr | Experimental results from a Thomson-coil actuator for a vacuum interrupter in an HVDC breaker |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental results from a Thomson-coil actuator for a vacuum interrupter in an HVDC breaker |
| title_short | Experimental results from a Thomson-coil actuator for a vacuum interrupter in an HVDC breaker |
| title_sort | experimental results from a thomson coil actuator for a vacuum interrupter in an hvdc breaker |
| topic | vacuum interrupters HVDC power transmission experimental results Thomson-coil actuator vacuum interrupter HVDC breaker high-voltage direct current transmission technology fast DC breaker linear actuator ultrafast linear mechanical actuator |
| url | https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2018.8219 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT antoinebaudoin experimentalresultsfromathomsoncoilactuatorforavacuuminterrupterinanhvdcbreaker AT bencehatsagi experimentalresultsfromathomsoncoilactuatorforavacuuminterrupterinanhvdcbreaker AT miguelalvarez experimentalresultsfromathomsoncoilactuatorforavacuuminterrupterinanhvdcbreaker AT lennartangquist experimentalresultsfromathomsoncoilactuatorforavacuuminterrupterinanhvdcbreaker AT simonnee experimentalresultsfromathomsoncoilactuatorforavacuuminterrupterinanhvdcbreaker AT staffannorrga experimentalresultsfromathomsoncoilactuatorforavacuuminterrupterinanhvdcbreaker AT tomasmodeer experimentalresultsfromathomsoncoilactuatorforavacuuminterrupterinanhvdcbreaker |