A novel hybrid current-limiting circuit breaker for medium voltage: Principle and test results

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 460-467

  Steurer, Michael ^a,b   Fröhlich, Klaus ^a   Holaus, Walter ^a,c   Kaltenegger, Kurt ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circuit breaker; Controlled switching; Costs; Fault current limiting; GTO; High speed switching

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIMITERS; RESISTORS;

CONTROLLED SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0242418156     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2003.809614     Document Type: Article

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