Secovac 12-24kv
Secovac 12-24kv
Secovac 12-24kv
GE imagination at work
SecoVac 12-24kV
More Than 80 Years of Interrupter Experience
GE pioneered experimental vacuum interrupters in the 1920's. Refined it and introduced the world's first vacuum interrupter distribution breaker in the 1960's. To date, this interrupter design has been the world leader in vacuum technology and has accumulated over 45 years of reliable field service.
Universal Applications
SecoVac is designed, assembled and tested to meet or exceed applicable IEC, GB and DL standards. It is suitable for applications in all major industries including T & D, Oil & Gas, Automotive, Processing Plants, Iron and Steel mill, Mining, Commercial Buildings, etc. It provides protection for all types of applications: cable, overhead lines, motors, capacitors, transformers, busbar sections, etc.
Environment Friendly
Selecting low environmental impact technologies has become increasingly important to engineers tasked with choosing equipment for an application. With commitment to environment protection, the solid insulation of epoxy resin is used for SecoVac series MV embedded pole vacuum circuit breaker instead of SF6 gas.
GE imagination at work
SecoVac 12-24kV
Predominant Vacuum Technology
Vacuum switching technology is nowadays the dominant switching principle in medium voltage. Innovative developments are leading to a continuously increasing market growth, based on the fundamental advantages such as reliability, availability, compactness and, last but not least, the environmental friendliness of the vacuum as a switching medium.
Vacuum Interrupter
The switching element of the vacuum circuit-breaker is the vacuum interrupter. It consists of an arc chamber, which is located between two ceramic insulators. Terminal studs connect the contacts to the external terminals. One contact is fixed within the housing, the other one is moveable. The metal bellows enable the contact movement and provide a hermetic connection to the interrupter housing. The contact stroke is only a few millimeters. The internal pressure in the vacuum interrupter is less than 10-7 bar. The vacuum circuit-breaker has no arc-quenching medium. The properties of the contact material and the contact geometry define the switching behavior and the switching capacity. After contact separation, the resultant arc evaporates contact material from the contact surfaces. The arc current thus flows throw a material vapour plasma until the next current zero. Near the current zero, the arc is extinguished, and the metal vapour looses its conductivity within a few microseconds as a consequence of the recombination of the charge carrier ions. In this way, the contact gap is de-ionized and the dielectric strength restored very fast. The metal vapour condenses on the contact surfaces. Only a very small portion condenses on the arc chamber wall. The arc chamber wall has the function of a vapour shield, to prevent condensation of the metallic vapour onto the insulators 2 4 1 7 3
1 Fixed contact piece 2 Connection disc 3 Ceramic insulator 4 Arc chamber 5 Metal bellows 6 Guide
Embedded poles
Vacuum interrupter has extremely high internal dielectric strength resulting from the ULV while the external dielectric strength is however limited by the insulation capacity of the air, therefore also requires embedding the chamber in a solid material, In such cases, the vacuum interrupter is additionally well protected against external mechanical influences such as impacts. The main advantages of embedded poles are high dielectric strength without additional external compensation in air, usability in an extremely wide range of climatic conditions, and good protection of the vacuum interrupter from dust, mechanical impacts and moisture. On the operating mechanism side, it is equipped with modularized, standardized and simplified spring mechanism, the whole spring mechanism is made up of separated closing and opening modules which can be preassembled and easily replaced on-site of end-users without any changing of the original dynamic characteristic of the breaker, so the lead time for delivery and down time for maintenance will be shortened.
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Product Performance Features
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1. Tulip Contact 11. Insulated Coupling Rod 12. Opening Spring 13. Earthing Contact of Cart 14. Classis of Cart 15. Hole for Driving Screw 16. Locking Piece 17. Operating Shaft 18. Operation Cover 19. Closing Spring 20. Secondary Plug
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2. Contact Arm 3. Lower Contact Terminal 4. Upper Contact Terminal 5. Embedded Pole 6. Vacuum Interrupter 7. Moving contact pieces 8. Metal Bellows
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Modular Operation Mechanism
SecoVac series MV embedded pole vacuum circuit breaker is equipped with modularized, standardized and simplified operating mechanism, the mechanism consists of separated closing and opening modules, all the mechanical parts of the mechanism are integrated into these two modules . The closing and opening modules are universal to whole series of SecoVac embedded pole vacuum circuit breaker regardless of ratings, it means there is only one kind of closing and opening module for the whole SecoVac products family, thanks to such a design, the maintenance time and cost for the mechanism is low, the replacement of modules can be easily carried out on site. There is no impact on the original dynamic characteristic of the breaker after the replacement of modules, so the retest of the breaker is not required after the replacement of modules. Another feature of the operating mechanism of SecoVac series MV embedded pole vacuum circuit breaker is that the total number of parts of the mechanism is reduced compared with the traditionally designed mechanism, so that the reliability of the mechanism is enhanced significantly. The opening damper of the mechanism plays a very important role to ensure reliable performance and high mechanical endurance of SecoVac series MV embedded pole vacuum circuit breaker. By adoption of the opening damper, the overtravel and re-bounce of moving contacts of vacuum interrupters during the opening of this VCB is reduced to a minimum. The lower overtravel of the moving contacts means lower mechanical stress to the bellow of the vacuum interrupter, so the designed mechanical endurance of the vacuum interrupter is guaranteed. The lower re-bounce of the contact ensures low arc re-striking probability during the breaking of capacitive current, so the occurrence rate of operating overvoltage is reduced. By the contribution of the opening damper, SecoVac has successfully passed type tested as Class C2 breaker in accordance with IEC standards.
closing module
opening module
integrated VCB
opening damper
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The State of the art Processing and Advanced Quality Control
The high quality of the embedded pole is achieved by using the latest APG (Auto Pressure Gelation) technology and advanced vacuum mixing and degassing technology that are carried out by the equipment. The Vogel clamping machine is an essential piece of equipment to ensure the mechanical and insulating strength of the embedded pole of SecoVac series MV embedded pole vacuum circuit breaker. As well as the processing facilities, the testing facilities are also very important to the quality control of the breaker. In the manufacturing process of SecoVac VCB, from incoming material quality control to the final inspection and testing, every step is strictly calibrated and tested by means of testing facilities. For every embedded pole, before it goes into the breaker assembly line, it shall go through following inspections and testing carried out in factory: X-ray inspection Power frequency withstand voltage test Partial discharge measurement Extremely high and low temperature impulse test Before delivery, the following tests and inspections will be done for SecoVac series MV embedded pole vacuum circuit breaker in factory by means of advanced testing equipments: Dynamic characteristics measurement Power frequency withstand voltage testing Inspection of interlocking system between breaker and withdrawable unit Secondary wiring inspection Circuit resistance measurement
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Breaker Features
Front Panel
This front panel fits into a collar-frame in the equipment when the breaker is in the CONNECT position. It provides a metal barrier between the breaker compartment and the secondary device compartment. Well marked and easy-to-read operating controls and indicators include TRIP button, CLOSE button, OPEN/CLOSE indicator, CHARGE/DISCHRGE indicator, OPERATIONS counter and provision for manual charging the breaker.
Primary Disconnect
The primary disconnect finger set is rugged and easy to inspect. Designed for optimum contact, built of silver-plated copper and tested for continuous and short time current. Cycloid design is more convenient to connect and expand wider contact area than flat design. These disconnects provide proper contact integrity throughout the life of the gear for the critical primary disconnect function.
Breaker Mechanism
All the mechanical parts of the mechanism are integrated into opening and closing modules individually. The closing and opening modules are universal to whole series of SecoVac embedded pole vacuum circuit breaker in spite of the ratings. Such design assures no mechanical readjustment after the replacement, thereby not only shortens lead-time but also reduces operation and maintenance cost.
Interlock System
For personnel safety, SecoVac is designed with a number of mechanical and electrical interlocks. For example, breaker contacts must be open before the breaker can be moved to or from the CONNECT position. A positive mechanical stop is provided when the breaker reaches the CONNECT or TEST/DISCONNECT positions. Mechanical interference interlocks are provided to permit only the insertion of properly rated breakers into any specific compartment. These and other necessary interlocks provide a comprehensive protection system. Furthermore, springs automatically discharge when the breaker is withdrawn from the CONNECT position and breakers cannot be inserted in the closed position.
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Technical Data
Description
Rated voltage Rated current Rated power frequency withstand voltage (1min) Rated lightning impulse withstand voltage (peak values) Rated short circuit breaking current Rated short time withstand current (4S) Rated peak withstand current Rated peak making current Rated short circuit current breaking times Electrical endurance Mechanical endurance Operating sequence Rated auxiliary control voltage* Opening time Breaking time Closing time
Unit
kV A kV 7.2/12 630/1250/1600/2000/2500/3150/4000 42 24 630/1250/1600/2000/2500 65
kV
75
125
kA
20/25/31.5/40/50
20/25/31.5
kA
20/25/31.5/40/50
20/25/31.5
kA
50/63/80/100/125
50/63/80
kA
50/63/80/100/125
50/63/80
No. of times
50
50
274(E2)
IEC 62271-100:2006
274(E2)
IEC 62271-100:2006
30000
20000
ms ms ms
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Overall Dimension 12kV SecoVac Withdrawable
620
520
205
35
10
42.5
40
62
260
98
74
154
19
76
C D E 13
25
313 2
296
0 200 + -3
50
A 8 16 P P 16
Journey 8~10mm
P (mm) A (mm) C (mm) 150 150 210 210 275 275 502 502 650 650 850 850 466 466 616 616 812 812
D (mm) E (mm) L (mm) 500 500 640 640 836 836 503 503 653 653 853 853 498 498 648 648 844 844
800
1000
22
630
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12kV SecoVac Withdrawable