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Unlike load switches and circuit breakers, disconnectors lack a mechanism for suppression of electric arcs which occur when conductors carrying high currents are mechanically interrupted. Thus, they are off-load devices, with very low breaking capacity , intended to be opened only after the current has been interrupted by some other control device.
Load-break/Load-make switches can switch normal system load currents; Isolators are off load disconnectors which are to be operated after Circuit Breakers, or else if the load current is very small; By voltage class: Low voltage (less than 1 kV AC) Medium voltage (1 kV AC through to approximately 75 kV AC) High voltage (75 kV to about 230 kV AC)
Usually utilization category is mentioned in most of the switch gear, with the above contactor stating to be used under AC1 - resistive load & AC3 for motor usage. In electrical engineering utilization categories are defined by IEC standards [1] and indicate the type of electrical load and duty cycle of the loads to ease selection of contactors ...
800 kV high-voltage switchgear. High-voltage switchgear is any switchgear used to connect or disconnect a part of a high-voltage power system.This equipment is essential for the protection and safe operation, without interruption, of a high voltage power system, and is important because it is directly linked to the quality of the electricity supply.
Autoreclosers are made in single-phase [6] and three-phase versions, using oil, vacuum, or sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6) interrupters.Controls for the reclosers range from the original electromechanical systems to digital electronics with metering and SCADA functions.
This increases the availability, since open-air disconnecting switch main contacts need maintenance every 2–6 years, while modern circuit breakers have maintenance intervals of 15 years. Implementing a DCB solution also reduces the space requirements within the substation, and increases the reliability, due to the lack of separate disconnectors.
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In 1966, devices were developed with a rated voltage of 15 kV and short-circuit breaking currents of 25 and 31.5 kA. After the 1970s, vacuum switches began to replace the minimal-oil switches in medium-voltage switchgear. In the early 1980s, SF6 switches and breakers were also gradually replaced by vacuum technology in medium-voltage application.