TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

TDR9000
TIMING OF HV BULK OIL CIRCUIT
BREAKERS WITH RESISTORS

Jozef Levi
Doble Engineering Company

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Introduction
insertion resistor on close
dividing resistors on open and close
bulk oil breakers timing
conclusion

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Breaker design

two breaking elements per phase

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

insertion resistor on close

closed before main contacts for up to 10 ms
in series with main contacts
main contact closed - insertion resistors bypassed
mechanism opens resistor contacts

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Dividing resistors operation

there is no separate mechanism
dedicated to dividing resistors

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Close operation
moving contact engages with resistor probe
no request for high contact pressure
resistors are inside main circuit
for relatively long time 40 to 50 ms

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Close operation

loose contact produce scattered lines

at test results graphics

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Bulk oil circuit breaker timing

Circuit breakers with dividing resistors

bulk oil CB are with two breaking elements

test instrument represent results, as there is only one

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Bulk oil circuit breaker timing

TDR9000 Instrument electronics
Circuit breaker is bistable apparatus
In case resistors are present
we have three stages
Open breaker - infinite impedance
Closed breaker - practically zero impedance
Resistors in circuit definite impedance

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Bulk oil circuit breaker timing

TDR9000 Instrument electronics
TDR9000 is equipped with electronics
comparator
Different combinations of comparators
detect different stages

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Bulk oil circuit breaker timing

GE FK 439
TDR9000 detect resistor when resistor
channels are open in test plan
testing was performed with and without
opening resistor channels

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Bulk oil circuit breaker timing

GE FK 439
graphic presentation on Close
resistor channels open

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Bulk oil circuit breaker timing

GE FK 439
graphic presentation on Trip
resistor channels open

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Bulk oil circuit breaker timing

GE FK 439
graphic presentation on Close
resistor channels are not open

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Bulk oil circuit breaker timing

GE FK 439
graphic presentation on Trip
resistor channels are not open

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Conclusions
majority of bulk oil breakers are without
insertion resistors on Close
dividing resistors are used for higher voltages
perform test with and without resistors
channel open
overlay results

TDR9000 TIMING OF HV OIL CB WITH RESISTORS

Thank you for listening