Title :
Capacitor switching phenomena
Author :
Van Sickle, R. C. ; Zaborszky, J.
Author_Institution :
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Abstract :
The switching of capacitors differs from other switching by causing relatively large surge currents and possibly overvoltages. The performance of circuit breakers in this service has been found by recent experiments to depend on the power supply system as well as on the size of the capacitor banks. When circuit breakers open with no delayed restriking of the arc, they avoid the possibility of causing undesirably high current and voltage surges.
Keywords :
Capacitors; Circuit breakers; Dielectric breakdown; Impedance; Surges; Switches; Transient analysis;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/EE.1952.6437939
