A Survey on Hybrid Circuit-Breaker Topologies

Author

Shukla, Anshuman ; Demetriades, Georgios D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol. Bombay, Mumbai, India

Volume

30

Issue

2

fYear

2015

fDate

42095

Firstpage

627

Lastpage

641

Abstract

The applications of power semiconductors in circuit-breaker (CB) technology can help achieve considerable improvement in its performance and possible new capabilities. In this paper, new trends in power electronics for the applications in CBs are presented. It also summarizes and reviews the appropriate hybrid mechanical-static CB topologies. Various conventional and derived topologies for ac as well as dc applications are described. Discussions about common and future trends in this technology development are presented. This study will provide a useful framework and point of reference for the future development of hybrid CBs for various different applications.

Keywords

circuit breakers; power electronics; dc applications; hybrid circuit-breaker topologies; hybrid mechanical-static CB topologies; power electronics; power semiconductors; Circuit breakers; Circuit faults; Contacts; Fault currents; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Switches; Switching circuits; Current limiting; hybrid circuit breaker (HCB); mechanical circuit breaker (MCB); power electronics; semi conductors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRD.2014.2331696

Filename

6856231