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Gas Circuit Breakers

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Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas was recognized as an insulating medium having superior dielectric characteristics in the 1920s, and investigations into its interrupting capability started in the 1950s. Industrial production of SF6 gas started in the United States in 1947, and the application for gas-insulated switchgear with SF6 was first attempted in 1953. A manufacturer in the United States, Westinghouse, produced the first SF6 gas circuit breaker in the world in 1959. The current interrupting principle has been improved from double-pressure type to single pressure puffer type with various configurations.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Sathonay-Camp, France

    Denis Dufournet

  2. Switchgear Department, T&D Systems Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Amagasaki, Japan

    Daisuke Yoshida

  3. Research Institute, IREQ (Institut de Recherche en Électricité du Québec), Hydro Québec, Varennes, Canada

    Sebastian Poirier

  4. High Voltage Switchgear Division, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc., Warrendale, PA, USA

    Harley Wilson

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  1. Energy and Industrial Systems Group, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroki Ito

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Dufournet, D., Yoshida, D., Poirier, S., Wilson, H. (2019). Gas Circuit Breakers. In: Ito, H. (eds) Switching Equipment. CIGRE Green Books. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72538-3_6

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