This paper discusses the DC circuit breaker installed in converter station of HVDC project
focusing on the functional requirements
main performance
basic composition
principle of breaking and test technology.The differences of DC circuit breaker and AC circuit breaker in current conversion
environmental tolerance
and breaking performance
etc.are analyzed
and a formula for calculating conversion current of DC circuit breaker is offered.The results show that selecting reasonable creepage distance of DC circuit breaker insulator is very important for improving the operation level
and zero-crossing point must be created when breaking DC.In addition
this paper also describes different performance tests for both DC circuit breaker and AC circuit breaker to provide a reference for Chinese researchers of high-voltage DC circuit breakers.