• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.467-469
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• 2003

IEC(International Electrotechnical Commission) 62271-100 has been adopted for the design test of circuit breaker which is used as the main protecting device of power system. But, it is also necessary to separately receive the testing certificate in accordance with ANSI/IEEE standard for getting into the american market. Up to now, several domestic companies have completed the ANSI/IEEE testing in medium circuit breaker of distribution system, but they recently started the ANSI/IEEE testing in ultra high-voltage class of transmission and substation system. This paper introduces the testing techniques and its results for the making and breaking performance of 145kV, 40kA $SF_6$ gas circuit breaker which was firstly performed in KERI(Korea Electrotechnology Institute) by the ANSI/IEEE standard.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.264-269
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• 2010

This paper presents the analysis of the dielectric characteristics of a hot $SF_6$ gas in a gas circuit breaker. Hot gas flow is analyzed using the FVFLIC method considering the moving boundary, material properties of real $SF_6$ gas, and arc plasma. In the arc model, the re-absorption of the emitted radiation is approximated with the boundary source layer where the re-absorbed radiation energy is input as an energy source term in the energy conservation equation. The breakdown criterion of a hot gas is predicted using the critical electric field as a function of temperature and pressure. To validate the simulation method, breakdown voltage for a 145kV 40kA circuit breaker was measured for various conditions. Consistent results between the simulation and experiment were confirmed.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.62 no.2
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• pp.177-183
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• 2013

We describe a new method for selecting design variables for shape optimization of high-voltage gas circuit breaker using a Kriging meta-model and a genetic algorithm. Firstly we sample balance design variables using the Latin Hypercube Sampling. Secondly, we build meta-model using the Kriging. Thirdly, we search the optimal design variables using a genetic algorithm. To obtain the more exact design variable, we adopt the boundary shifting method. With the proposed optimization frame, we can get the improved interruption design and reduce the design time by 80%. We applied the proposed method to the optimization of multivariate optimization problems as well as shape optimization of a high - voltage gas circuit breaker.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.111-112
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• 2012

전력효율을 높일 수 있는 DC 전송이 주요 관심사가 됨에 따라 전력품질에 대한 기술이 요구된다. DC 그리드의 전력품질을 위해서는 반도체 차단기(Solid-State Circuit Breaker : SSCB)는 필수요소이다. 하지만 기존의 반도체 차단기는 AC 그리드에 기반을 두고 제안되었기 때문에 DC 그리드에 적용하기 어렵다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 DC 그리드에 적용 가능한 SSCB (Solid-State Circuit Breaker : SSCB)을 제안한다. 제안하는 DC SSCB는 사고 전류를 제한하며 사고 지점의 신속한 차단이 가능하다. 제안한 회로는 시뮬레이션을 통해 단락 사고를 모의하여 시스템의 동작 특성을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.30-32
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• 2001

There are many difficult problems in analyzing the flow characteristics in a high voltage circuit breaker such as shock wave and complex geometries, which may be either static or in relative motion. Although a variety of mesh generation techniques are now available, the generation of meshes around complicated, multi-component geometries like a gas circuit breaker is still a tedious and difficult task for the computational fluid dynamics. This paper presents the CFD program for analyzing the compressible flow fields in a high voltage gas circuit breaker using the Cartesian cut-cell method based on the CFD-CAD integration, which can achieve the accurate representation of the geometry designed by a CAD tools. This technique is frequently satisfied, and it will be almost universally so in the future, as the CFD-CAD traffic increase.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.1474-1476
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• 2005

Because MCCB, ELB, etc. discharge both technical and economical duty, it is important that the study of circuit breaker guarantee high-performance and realize the power distribution system with reliability. Because of complexity electrical equipment, the accident with imbalance and flicker occur often according to technical improvement. However, study of accident with harmonics remains. In this paper, the essential characteristic of circuit breaker is introduced. To analysis operation of circuit breaker, theoretical model and several simulations have been performed.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.68 no.4
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• pp.593-597
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• 2019

We proposed a current Interruption type DC superconducting circuit breaker(I-DC SCB), a protection device that combines the current limiting technology of a superconductor with the cut-off technology of circuit breaker. Unlike existing protective devices, the current I-DC SCB is a device that combines two protection functions, notably improving failure probability and operational reliability. It is also applicable to all DC systems, such as HV, MV, and LVDC, due to the ease in capacity increase. The 100 kV I-DC SCB was designed after taking into account the actual power system conditions, followed by an analysis of the transient characteristics and the breaking range of the limiter. The results of the analysis showed that the I-DC SCB had a fault current limit of about 75% at the rated voltage, and completed the cut-off operation within about 20 ms.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.54 no.6
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• pp.284-292
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• 2005

Because all of the short-circuit testing laboratories have the limitation of test facilities, the synthetic making test methods have been used to estimate the short-circuit making performance of the ultra high-voltage circuit breaker as the alternative to direct test methods. So, KERI(Korea Eelctrotechnology Research institute) has completed the construction of the synthetic making test facilities using the low capacity step-up transformer method which fulfill the requirements specified in newly revised IEC 62271-100 Edition 1.1(2003) and have the testing capability up to 550kV, 63kA full-pole circuit breaker. The test facilities using the low capacity step-up transformer method presented in this paper are made up of the unit equipments such as HCS(High-speed Closing Switch), ITMC(Initial Transient Making Current) circuit and UP TR(low capacity step-up transformer) and have the operating range of 17.6$^{\circ}$ $\~$ 145.1$^{\circ}$ for testing the circuit breaker rated on up to 50kA and 43.1$^{\circ}$ $\~$ 119.6$^{\circ}$ for more than 50kA.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.33 no.8
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• pp.299-309
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• 1984

This paper proposes the adapter for interrupting capacity augmentation of circuit breaker which can be applied in case of shortage in a existing circuit breaker's interrupting capacity due to utility system extension. The adapter utilizes two winding type of reactor instead of single winding type of reactor and the control of 2ry circuit is excuted by a triac interlocked with the system protective relays actuation so as to cut out the reactor by short circuit of the 2ry winding in normal situation and to cut in the reactor by open circuit of the 2ry winding in abnomal situation such as short circuit accident. As a result of the theoritical analysis and experiment, it is proved that the adaptor can reduce the voltage crop and iron loss due to the reactor signigicantly in normal system condition and do a role of reactor upon the power system accident.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.50 no.6
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• pp.287-292
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• 2001

This paper deals with the configuration, operating principles, systematic calculation method of parameter and optimization method of test circuit for parallel current injection method, series voltage injection method and hybrid synthetic test method as the method for performance test of circuit breaker with extra high interrupting capacity. The test method depicted above is applied to short-circuit making and breaking test (operating sequence :Os CdOs, Od-CdOs) and out-of-phase tests(operating sequence :Os, CdOs) for performance test of the newly-developed 420kV, 50kA and 800kV 50kV puffer-type gas circuit-breaker according to IEC 60056 and IEC 60427. The testing results, evaluation of equivalence for test and analyzed results are also presented in this paper.