HVDC Circuit Breakers&#x2013;A Review

Mike Barnes; Damian Sergio Vilchis-Rodriguez; Xiaoze Pei; Roger Shuttleworth; Oliver Cwikowski; Alexander C. Smith

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3039921

IEEE Access (Jan 2020)

HVDC Circuit Breakers–A Review

Mike Barnes,
Damian Sergio Vilchis-Rodriguez,
Xiaoze Pei,
Roger Shuttleworth,
Oliver Cwikowski,
Alexander C. Smith

Affiliations

Mike Barnes: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
Damian Sergio Vilchis-Rodriguez: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
Xiaoze Pei: ORCiD; Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, U.K.
Roger Shuttleworth: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
Oliver Cwikowski: ORCiD; National Grid, Warwick, U.K.
Alexander C. Smith: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3039921
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 211829 – 211848

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HVDC circuit breakers are of increasing importance, as multi-terminal high voltage DC (HVDC) transmission becomes a commercial reality. Multiple HVDC breaker technologies have been developed, and are starting to appear as proof-of-concept installations on real networks. Information about them is however distributed widely in the literature. This article describes the underlying challenges, the leading candidate solutions, and discusses the requirements and construction of the component sub-assemblies. Its goal is to provide a comprehensive overview of the field.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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