DC chopper based test circuit for high voltage DC circuit breakers

Event
  • Session
  • 10:35
  • Publication date: 03 Mar 2017
  • Location: Victoria Suite, Midland Hotel, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Part of event ACDC 2017

About the session

Session B4: HVDC Breakers
Room: Victoria Suite
Session chair: Mike Barnes, University of Manchester, UK

This video covers:

1. DC CB will become essential component in DC grid

2. DC CB testing will be substantially different from AC CB

3. DC CB includes:

  1. AC switchgear

  2. Semiconductor valves

  3. energy absorbers

4. Different options for testing the DC CB@

  1. Charge capacitor

  2. Current source

  3. Testing using low frewuency AC source

This video covers the following topics: energy storage; DC chopper.

 

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