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breaker electrical fields for they have a screening effect, and they re-
1968 Delivery of first GIS by major manufacturers duce magnetic fields depending on the reverse current within
1974 Delivery of first GIL (420 kV) the housing.
1976 Delivery of first 550 kV GIS However, the most important task of the encapsulation is to
1983 Delivery of the world's largest GIS for Itaipu, Brazil safely and permanently enclose the insulating and arc extin-
1984 Delivery of 550 kV GIS for severe network conditions guishing gas SF6, which is until today not replaceable in high-
(rated current 8000 A, rated short circuit breaking cur- voltage equipment.
rent 100 kA, 17 circuit-breakers) The breaking capacity and the dielectric withstand capa-
1986 Delivery of first 800 kV GIS bilities of the switchgear depend on the gas density, which is
1996 Introduction of the smallest 123kV GIS continuously controlled by density monitors. Leakages of gas-
1997 Introduction of intelligent bay control, monitoring and ket O-rings at the enclosure flanges will lead automatically to
diagnostics a malfunction of the equipment.
1999 Introduction of the smallest 145 kV and 245 kV GIS To guarantee a reliable and safe behavior of the switchgear
2000 Introduction of new compact and hybrid solutions the tolerances of possible changes of the density value are
• more than 20000 bays in over 2000
very restricted. Accordingly, the requirements for gas
tightness are very high. Therefore only completely sealed and
substations
installed worldwide closed gas tight pressure systems are in service nowadays.
Transformers
Disconnectors Outdoor
and earthing Voltage Surge Expansion bushings
switches transformers arresters joints