Diagnosing medium voltage GIS circuit breaker by observing trip coil current with simulation and actual tests

Electric Power Components and Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-194

  Cheng, Chao Yuan ^a,c   Chen, L J ^b   Kao, W S ^a  

^a St John University

^b TAIWAN POWER COMPANY   (Taiwan)

^c St John'sUniversity   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Circuit breaker; Closing time; Gas insulated switchgear; Opening time; Stroke test; Trip mechanism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATLAB;

GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR; STROKE TEST; TRIP COIL CURRENT; TRIP MECHANISM;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 38149096867     PISSN: 15325008     EISSN: 15325016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325000701549285     Document Type: Article

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