• DocumentCode
    1019135
  • Title

    The Vertical-Flow Interrupter and Its Application to ``Oil-Poor´´ Circuit Breakers

  • Author

    Baker, B.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Circuit breaker development engineer, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Volume
    60
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1941
  • fDate
    6/1/1941 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    440
  • Lastpage
    445
  • Abstract
    The historical background of the development of the vertical-flow interrupter for ``oil-poor´´ circuit breakers is reviewed. A description of the interrupter and its theory of operation is given. The application of two of these interrupters to a 138-kv 1¿-million-kva ``oil-poor´´ porcelain-clad circuit breaker is shown, together with laboratory test results. A review is given of important field tests on a 138-kv single-pole unit, tested line to ground on a large 220-kv operating system up to approximately 2¿ million three-phase kva. Magnetic and cathode-ray oscillograms of these tests are shown.
  • Keywords
    Assembly; Circuit breakers; Circuit testing; Cooling; Interrupters; Ionization; Oil insulation; Petroleum; Porcelain; System testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Transactions of the
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-3860
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-AIEE.1941.5058358
  • Filename
    5058358