LING Youfu, CHEN Min, WANG Wanting. Novel DC Circuit Breaker Based on Current Commutation Principle[J]. High voltageapparatus, 2015, 51(4): 139-144. DOI: 10.13296/j.1001-1609.hva.2015.04.026.
Novel DC Circuit Breaker Based on Current Commutation Principle
The DC hybrid circuit breaker based on fast-opening switch(FS)and parallel connected capacitor has been widely applied in the fault current breaking of DC grid. However
when the fault current is commutated from FS to the parallel connected capacitor with single-stage current commutation
the capacitor has to absorb large energy stored in the system inductance within a short time
so a high over-voltage rate of rise occurs between contacts
which will lead to a failed breaking. In view of this
a novel DC circuit breaker based on current commutation has been proposed in this paper. By controlling the thyristor in the commutation branches
the fault current is commutated in two stages
which can not only realize the arc-less open of FS
but also decrease the over-voltage rate of rise obviously. Besides
the voltage polarity of capacitor after breaking is same as the initial state
which can avoid recharging. The simulation model of the fault current breaking is constructed on MATLAB Simulink platform under different conditions in medium voltage DC(MVDC) system
and the overvoltage of the single-stage commutation and the two-stage commutation during the fault current breaking are compared. Finally
the fault current breaking test based on synthesis loop is investigated experimentally
which proved that the simulation model is well feasible.