The present application claims priority from Japanese application serial No. 2006-189159, filed on Jul. 10, 2006, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference into this application.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to distribution switchgear, and more particularly to distribution switchgear in which a circuit breaker, a current transformer, a zero-phase-sequence current transformer and so on are disposed in series.
2. Background Art
One example of distribution switchgear is a unit comprised of a circuit breaker, a current transformer (CT) and a zero-phase-sequence current transformer which are connected in series, where the unit moves on a rail or the unit placed on a carriage is housed in a power distribution panel in a way that it can be drawn out from the power distribution panel (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2).
[Patent Document 1] JP-U No.H7-11813
[Patent Document 2] JP-A No. 2003-189422
Since the conventional distribution switchgear is compact and features good maintainability as a unit constituting distribution switchgear, it has been used in various systems. It has been found from its use in various systems that the distribution switchgear has to be improved in several points.
The first point to be improved is as follows: in the conventional distribution switchgear, although a zero-phase-sequence current transformer is located on the load side of the circuit breaker to detect a ground fault on the load side of the circuit breaker, there is no means for ground fault protection of the whole load side including a circuit breaker located on the power supply side of the zero-phase-sequence current transformer.
Besides, there is room for improvement to assure maintainability of a busbar connected with the distribution switchgear and extended service life of the distribution switchgear; therefore, it is not ideal for its user as the case stands now.
The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances and its object is to provide a distribution switchgear which not only protects the whole load side including a circuit breaker against ground faults to widen the protection range and thus increases reliability but also can achieve labor saving in maintenance and a longer service life.
To provide a distribution switchgear which protects the whole load side including a circuit breaker against ground faults to widen the protection range and thereby increases its reliability and can achieve labor saving in maintenance and longer service life.
1 . . . Housing, 2 . . . Partition plate, 3 . . . Partition plate, 4 . . . Equipment room, 5 . . . Main busbar room, 6 . . . Cable room, 7 . . . Front door, 8 . . . Protective control unit, 9 . . . Back door, 10 . . . Vacuum circuit breaker, 11 . . . Current transformer, 12 . . . Zero-phase-sequence current transformer, 13 . . . Surge absorber, 14 . . . Equipment unit, 15 . . . Carriage, 16 . . . Guide, 17 . . . Handle, 18 . . . Terminal, 19 . . . Terminal, 20 . . . Main busbar, 21 . . . Link busbar, 23 . . . Cable sealing end, 24 . . . Cable, 25 . . . Connecting terminal, 26 . . . Connecting terminal, 27 . . . Air disconnection bushing, 28 . . . Air disconnection bushing, 29 . . . Branch busbar, 30 . . . Branch busbar, 31 . . . Connecting terminal, 32 . . . Air disconnection bushing, 33 . . . Connecting terminal, 34 . . . Air disconnection bushing, 35 . . . Connecting busbar, 36 . . . Common room, 80 . . . Disconnecting part, 81 . . . Voltage transformer, 82 . . . Lightning protector, 84 . . . Auxiliary link busbar, 90 . . . Vacuum circuit breaker.
In an example of the switchgear of the present invention, an equipment room 4 and a main busbar room 5 are formed in a distribution panel housing 1 on its front side and on its back side respectively by partitioning; in the equipment room 4, equipment units 14, each comprised of a vacuum circuit breaker 10, a current transformer 11 on the load side of the vacuum circuit breaker 10 and a zero-phase-sequence current transformer 12 on the power supply side of the vacuum circuit breaker 10, are vertically disposed; and in the main busbar room 5, a solid-insulated main busbar 20 disposed along the housing 1's width direction, a solid-insulated link busbar 21 connected with the main busbar and connected with one side of each of the equipment units 14 and solid-insulated branch busbars 29, 30 connected with the other side of the equipment units 14 are disposed.
In order to achieve the above object, distribution switchgear according to the present invention is characterized in that an equipment room and a main busbar room are formed in a distribution panel housing on its front side and on its back side respectively by partitioning; in the equipment room, equipment units, each comprised of a circuit breaker, a current transformer on a load side of the circuit breaker and a zero-phase-sequence current transformer on a power supply side of the circuit breaker, are vertically disposed; and in the main busbar room, a solid-insulated main busbar disposed along the housing's width direction, a solid-insulated link busbar connected with the main busbar and connected with one side of each of the equipment units and a solid-insulated branch busbar connected with the other side of each of the equipment unit are disposed, or characterized by comprising an array of panels disposed side by side in a housing which are a first panel in which two equipment units each comprised of a circuit breaker, a current transformer on a load side of the circuit breaker and a zero-phase-sequence current transformer on a power supply side of the circuit breaker are vertically disposed, a second panel in which an equipment unit comprised of a circuit breaker, a current transformer on a load side of the circuit breaker and a zero-phase-sequence current transformer on a power supply side of the circuit breaker, and a voltage transformer unit having a voltage transformer are vertically disposed, and a third panel in which a voltage transformer unit having a voltage transformer and a lightning protector and a disconnector unit having a disconnector are vertically disposed, wherein these panels are interconnected by a solid-insulated main busbar disposed along the housing's width direction, a solid-insulated link busbar connected with one side of each of the units and a branch busbar connected with the other side of each of the units.
To provide distribution switchgear which protects the whole load side including a circuit breaker against ground faults to widen the protection range and thereby increases its reliability and can achieve labor saving in maintenance and longer service life.
An equipment room 4 and a main busbar room 5 are formed in a distribution panel housing 1 on its front side and on its back side respectively by partitioning; in the equipment room 4, equipment units 14, each comprised of a vacuum circuit breaker 10, a current transformer 11 on the load side of the vacuum circuit breaker 10 and a zero-phase-sequence current transformer 12 on the power supply side of the vacuum circuit breaker 10, are vertically disposed; and in the main busbar room 5, a solid-insulated main busbar 20 disposed along the housing 1's width direction, a solid-insulated link busbar 21 connected with the main busbar and connected with one side of each of the equipment units 14 and solid-insulated branch busbars 29, 30 connected with the other side of the equipment units 14 are disposed.
According to distribution switchgear in the present invention, since a zero-phase-sequence current transformer is located on the power supply side of a circuit breaker constituting an equipment unit, the whole load side including the circuit breaker can be protected against ground faults to widen the protection range and thereby increase reliability, and also since a solid-insulated main busbar is housed in a main busbar room separate from an equipment room housing equipment units, labor saving in maintenance and longer service life can be achieved.
Next, distribution switchgear according to embodiments of the present invention will be described referring to drawings.
In
Inside the equipment room 4, equipment units 14 are disposed vertically, where they are comprised of vacuum circuit breakers (VCB) 10 arranged side by side along the width direction of the housing 1 (orthogonal to the paper surface of
These equipment units 14 can be drawn out toward the front of the housing 1 (right in
The vacuum circuit breaker 10, current transformer 11, and zero-phase-sequence current transformer 12 which constitute an equipment unit 14 as mentioned above are connected in series as shown in
The opening/closing mechanism of the above vacuum circuit breaker 10 is an electromagnetic operating device which combines an electromagnet and a permanent magnet and uses a solid lubricating bearing in the sliding part of the mechanism, permitting easy greaseless maintenance.
As shown in
Looking back to
The solid-insulated branch busbars 29, 30 are disposed in the upper and lower portions of the main busbar room 5, respectively. One connecting terminal 31 of the upper branch busbar 29 is led into the equipment room 4 in a way that it can be connected to, or disconnected from, the terminal 18 of the above upper equipment unit 14, and fixed on the partition plate 2 through an air disconnection bushing 32. The other end of the upper branch busbar 29 is connected with a cable sealing end 23 fixed on the partition plate 3.
One connecting terminal 33 of the lower branch busbar 30 is led into the equipment room 4 in a way that it can be connected to, or disconnected from, the terminal 19 of the above lower equipment unit 14, and fixed on the partition plate 2 through an air disconnection bushing 34. The other end of the lower branch busbar 30 is connected with a cable sealing end 23 fixed on the partition plate 3. The cable sealing ends 23 in the cable room 6 are each connected with a solid-insulated cable 24.
Next, how the above distribution switchgear according to the first embodiment of the present invention works will be described.
In this embodiment, since the current transformer 11 located on the load side of the vacuum circuit breaker 10 and the zero-phase-sequence current transformer 12 located on the power supply side of the vacuum circuit breaker 10 detect a problem in the system such as a ground fault and open the vacuum circuit breaker 10, the whole load side including the vacuum circuit breaker 10 is protected against ground faults to widen the protection range and thereby increase reliability.
In addition, since the solid-insulated main busbar 20, link busbar 21 and branch busbars 29, 30 are located in the main busbar room 5 behind the equipment room 4 to reduce the insulation distance between the busbars, the housing space is smaller and the whole switchgear can be small.
Furthermore, since the main busbar 20, link busbar 21, branch busbars 29, 30 and so on are solid-insulated, maintenance such as cleaning for prevention of short-circuit accidents due to dust adhesion is not needed, which saves labor in maintenance.
Furthermore, since the main busbar 20, link busbar 21, branch busbars 29, 30 and soon are solid-insulated, air purging for prevention of dew condensation is required only in the equipment room 4. Therefore, air purging equipment as incidental equipment can be small and the equipment cost and maintenance cost thereof can be reduced.
As mentioned so far, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the whole load side including a vacuum circuit breaker can be protected against ground faults to widen the protection range and thereby increase reliability and also thanks to the solid-insulated busbars, the insulation performance is less influenced by such factors as atmosphere, environmental condition, and altitude and the risk that the insulators contaminated by dust, salt damage, dew condensation and the like may deteriorate the insulation performance is low, ensuring good safety. In addition, the insulation distance to ground or between phases can be reduced, which offers an advantage that layout for the busbars can be done easily to save space and makes it possible to provide almost ideal distribution switchgear which meets customer needs.
In this embodiment, a common room 36 replaces the main busbar room and cable room in the first embodiment and this common room 36 is located behind the equipment room 4, and in this common room 36, main busbars 20, link busbars 21, branch busbars 29, 30, cable sealing ends 23 and cables 24 are disposed.
According to this embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be achieved and also due to the absence of the partition plate 3 as shown in
In this embodiment, the cable room 6 in the first embodiment is eliminated and the cables 24 are exposed outside the housing 1. The rest of the structure is the same as in the embodiment shown in
According to this embodiment, the same effect as in the above embodiments can be achieved and due to the absence of the cable room 6, the installation space is smaller, which is helpful for installation in a confined space.
In this embodiment, disconnecting parts 80 are provided on the fixed electrode side and movable electrode side of a vacuum circuit breaker 10. Like the operating mechanism of the vacuum circuit breaker 10 as mentioned above, the disconnecting part 80 is operated for disconnection through an electromagnetic operating device which combines an electromagnet and a permanent magnet. A solid lubricating bearing is used in the sliding part of the electromagnetic operating device, permitting easy greaseless maintenance.
In this embodiment, the same effect as in the above embodiments can be achieved as well.
In
The second panel B includes: an equipment unit 14, located in its lower portion, which is comprised of a vacuum circuit breaker (VCB) 10, disconnecting parts 80 on the fixed electrode and movable electrode sides of the vacuum circuit breaker 10, a current transformer (CT) 11 on the power supply side of the vacuum circuit breaker 10 and a zero-phase-sequence current transformer (ZCT) 12 on the load side of the vacuum circuit breaker 10; and a voltage transformer unit, located above the equipment unit 14, which is comprised of a voltage transformer (VT) 81 and a disconnecting part 80. The third panel C includes a voltage transformer unit, located in its lower portion, which is comprised of a voltage transformer (VT) 81, a disconnecting part 80 and a lightning protector 82 and a disconnecting unit, located above the voltage transformer unit, which is comprised of a disconnecting part 80.
As shown in
According to this embodiment, it is possible to shorten the construction period for transformation equipment and also substantially reduce the number of on-site man-hours for a new installation or an extension of existing equipment.
In this embodiment, a current transformer (CT) 11 and a zero-phase-sequence current transformer (ZCT) 12 are located between the fixed electrode side of a vacuum circuit breaker 10 and a disconnecting part 80 and between its movable electrode side and a disconnecting part 80. Like the operating mechanism of the vacuum breaker 10 as mentioned above, the disconnecting parts 80 are also operated for disconnection through an electromagnetic operating device which combines an electromagnet and a permanent magnet. A solid lubricating bearing is used in the sliding part of the electromagnetic operating device, permitting easy greaseless maintenance.
In this embodiment, the same effect as in the above embodiments can be achieved as well.
In
The second panel B includes: an equipment unit 14, located in its lower portion, which is comprised of a vacuum circuit breaker (VCB) 10, disconnecting parts 80 on the fixed electrode and movable electrode sides of the vacuum circuit breaker 10, a current transformer (CT) 11 on the power supply side of the vacuum circuit breaker 10 and a zero-phase-sequence current transformer (ZCT) 12 on the load side of the vacuum circuit breaker 10, both between the vacuum circuit breaker 10 and a disconnecting part 80; and a voltage transformer unit, located above the equipment unit 14, which is comprised of a voltage transformer (VT) 81 and a disconnecting part 80. The third panel C includes a voltage transformer unit, located in its lower portion, which is comprised of a voltage transformer (VT) 81, a disconnecting part 80 and a lightning protector 82, and a disconnector unit, located above the voltage transformer unit, which is comprised of a vacuum circuit breaker 90 and disconnectors 80a on the fixed electrode and movable electrode sides of the vacuum circuit breaker 90.
Like those shown above in
According to this embodiment, it is possible to shorten the construction period for transformation equipment and also substantially reduce the number of on-site man-hours for a new installation or an extension of existing equipment.
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