There is asynchronous phenomenon in multi-break vacuum circuit breakers(VCBs). We need to ascertainthe influence of the asynchronous operation and then gain the asynchronous breaking strategy of the multiple breakswithout decreasing the breaking capacity. In the paper
the influence factors of the control accuracy of the permanentmagnetic actuator(PMA)are analyzed according the fiber controlled vacuum interrupter module. The influence of theasynchronous operation on the breaking capacity is analyzed theoretically. An asynchronous breaking strategy of themulti-break is proposed with considering the influences of the stray capacitance and the unbalanced post arc charge.The test platform of the multi-break VCB is set up
and the influence of the asynchronous operation on the successfulbreaking ratio is investigated. The test results indicate that the successful breaking ratio can be increased by 16% ifthe opening starts in advance by about 1.7 ms
which verifies the effectiveness of the asynchronous breaking strategy.