GUO Shu-yong. Analysis of an Explosion Accident of 500 kV SF6 Circuit Breaker[J]. High voltageapparatus, 2013, 49(2): 135-138. DOI: 10.13296/j.1001-1609.hva.2013.02.025.
Analysis of an Explosion Accident of 500 kV SF6 Circuit Breaker
This paper introduced an explosion accident of 500 kV SF6 circuit breaker in Xingren converter station
the structure of breaking unit
theory of interruption and action process about the SF6 circuit breaker was discussed
combining with the practical situation
all possible factors of the accident is analysised.Finally the reasons of the accident were presented:the shafts in the T-mechanism were displaced caused by the two missing bearings after many opening and closing
a pin had sheared off by the excessive forces and finally breaked off from the mechanism;the arcing contacts could not contact after closing operation
a stable short arc was initiated across the arcing contacts
the pressure inside the breaking unit increased for the heated gas.At last
the interrupter exploded and led to a grid short circuit accident.To avoid similar accidents
this paper provided the corresponding proposal about quality control of manufacturers.