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Answer :Switch is just a device when can be able to open and close the
circuit during normal operation. Whereas on the other hand circuit
breaker has the ability to open and close the contacts during abnormal
or fault conditions. Thus circuit breaker has the potential to break and
make heavy short circuit currents. Auto-reclosures in the circuit beaker
has the ability to re-close after certain designed duration to verify
whether the short circuit was cleared.
Answer :For Exta High Voltage (EHV) applications SF6 gas insulated
switchgear is preferred.
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Some of the duties of the circuit breakers are listed below:
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Question 10. What Do You Mean By The Term “making Current” And
“breaking Current” Of A Circuit Breaker?
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The asymmetrical breaking current is the r.m.s. the value of the total
current at the initial instant of contact separation and is equal to the
square root of the sum of the squares of the symmetrical breaking
current and of the direct component of the current at the same instant.
The symmetrical breaking current is the r.m.s. the value of the
symmetrical current (a.c. component of current) at the initial instant of
contact separation. Actually, the rating of the breaker is specified in
terms of symmetrical breaking current & voltage.
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As the symmetrical fault is most severe in a three phase line and
imposes the heavy duty on the control gear, therefore, the circuit
breaker is rated on the basis of symmetrical short circuit currents.
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In a symmetrical fault since all the three conductors are short circuit
together causing equal fault currents to flow through the line then the
symmetrical fault because more severe.
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As the various equipment used in the power system have different KVA
rating with different percentage reactances so for easy calculation it is
necessary to find the percentage reactances of all equipment on a
common KVA rating. This common KVA rating is known as base KVA.
Question 18. Does The Value Of Short Circuit Current Vary For Different
Values Of Base Kvas?
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No. Whatever may be the value of base KVA the value of short circuit
current remains unchanged.
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The recovery voltage is defined to be the r.m.s. the value of the line
voltage of service frequency that reappears across the poles of the
circuit breaker short after arc extinction in all the poles and after
damping of the transient phenomena.
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Question 21. Why The Circuit Breakers To Be Used On 6.6 Kv, 11 Kv, 33
Kv, 66 Kv, And 132 Kv Lines Should Be Of Rated Voltage 7.2 Kv, 12 Kv,
36 Kv, 72 Kv, And 145 Kv Respectively?
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As the voltage rating of circuit breaker corresponds to highest system
voltage so the circuit breaker to be used on 6.6 kV line should be of
rated voltage 7.2 kV and so on.
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Question 24. Is An A.c. Circuit Breaker Suitable For D.c. Supply Line?
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Generally a.c. the circuit breaker is not suitable for d.c. supply line
because of a.c. circuit breaker quenches arc easily at current zero of an
alternating wave which is not possible in d.c. due to nonexistence of
current zero.
Question 25. (a) Is A 50 Hz Circuit Breaker Suitable For 60 Hz Supply? (b)
Can A 12 Kv Circuit Breaker Be Used For 6.6 Kv Application?
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(b) A 12 kV circuit breaker can use for any voltage up to its rated
voltage under the condition that the breaking current is within its
breaking capacity.
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Low voltage circuit breakers are used in indoor control gears for
controlling power consuming devices of circuits below rated voltage
1000 volt a.c. or 1200 volts d.c. whereas high voltage circuit breakers
are used in both indoor and outdoor controllers in high voltage supply
system.
Low voltage circuit breakers operate frequently than the high voltage
circuit breaker.
Low voltage circuit breakers are more compact than high voltage circuit
breakers because of less phase to phase and phase to ground
clearances.
Testing requirements of a high voltage circuit breaker are quite
different from those of low voltage circuit breakers.
Question 27. How Are The Rating Of A Circuit Breaker Given?
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7. This is a circuit protective device that automatically blows and cut the current when an
overload or shirt circuit happens.
9. A protective device used to automatically cut-off the current when trouble in the circuit
such as short circuit or overload occurs.
10.