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intelligent
Air Circuit Breaker
Air Circuit Breaker
A circuit breaker is used for switching mecha-
nism and ƉrotecƟon of the sLJstem͘ Kther as-
sociated devises and vwcomponents are also
used for this purpose with circuit breakers
like fuses͕ relaLJs͕ switches etc͘ Circuit break-
ers are widelLJ used in industries as well as Air Circuit Breaker
Wower sLJstem for controlling and protecƟon
of diīerent parts of the circuit like switch- The type of circuit breaker, which op-
gears, Transformers, motors, Generators / erates in air (where air-blast as an arc
alternator etc͘, which leads the sLJstem stable quenching medium) at atmospheric
and reliable͘ pressure, is known to be an Air Circuit
Breaker. Air circuit breaker has com-
There are diīerent tLJpes pletely replaced by oil circuit breaker. In
of circuit breakers avail- ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ͕ ƐƟůů ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ƉƌĞĨĞƌĂďůĞ
able in the market and choice to use an Air circuit breaker up to
15KV because, there is no chance of oil
we will discuss one bLJ ĮƌĞ ůŝŬĞ ŝŶ Žŝů ĐŝƌĐƵŝƚ ďƌĞĂŬĞƌ͘
one in detail͘
ConstrucƟon of Air-Circuit Breaker
1. K&& ďƵƩŽŶ ;KͿ
2. KE ďƵƩŽŶ ;/Ϳ
3. DĂŝŶ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚŽƌ ApplicaƟon and hses of
4. Energy storage mechanism status indicator
5. ZĞƐĞƚ ƵƩŽŶ Air Circuit Breaker:
6. LED Indicators
7. Controller
8. ͞ ŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ͕͟ ͞dĞƐƚ͟ ĂŶĚ ͞ŝƐŽůĂƚĞĚ͟ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƐƚŽƉƉĞƌ ͻ /ƚ ŝƐ ƵƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉůĂŶƚƐ
;ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞͲƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ůĂƚĐŚŝŶŐͬůŽĐŬŝŶŐ ŵĞĐŚĂŶŝƐŵͿ ͻ /ƚ ŝƐ ƵƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ
9. User-supplied padlock electrical machines
10. ŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ͕͟͞ dĞƐƚ ͞ĂŶĚ͟ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ ͞ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ͻ /ƚ ƵƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ͕
ŝŶĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ capacitors and generators.
ĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ; Ϳ dĞƐƚ ; dͿ WŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝŶĚŝ
11. ŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ; Ϳ ^ĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ; Ϳ dĞƐƚ ; dͿ WŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝŶĚŝ- ͻ Air circuit breaker is also used in Elec-
ĐĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚƐ tricity sharing system and NGD about
12. ZĂƚĞĚ EĂŵĞ WůĂƚĞ 15kV
13. Digital Displays ͻ Also used in Low as well as High voltage
14. Mechanical ĂŶĚ ƵƌƌĞŶƚƐ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ͘
energy storage
handle
15. ^ŚĂŬĞ ;/EͬKhdͿ
16. Rocker reposi-
tory
17. Fault trip reset
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