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Gas insulated switchgear and method for detecting arc damage in a gas insulated switchgear part

US7816924B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 2007
Grant dateOct 19, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2001/0026
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a gas insulated switchgear, and a method for detecting arc damage in a part used in a gas insulated switchgear, which detect directly when an electric contact or a peripheral part reaches an initially set wear limit. An insulating nozzle of a circuit breaker contains a marking substance that releases a gaseous substance inside a circuit breaker gas container as a result of wear by an arc. For ensuring heat resistance and insulation properties, the insulating nozzle is ordinarily formed of a fluororesin, but in the present invention, it is formed of the ordinarily used fluororesin having uniformly mixed therein, as the marking substance, a chlorine-containing resin which has excellent heat resistance and insulation properties such as polyvinylidene chloride.

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