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Switching Equipment

Editors:

  • Everything you need to know about switches in a high-voltage system
  • The cumulative knowledge of numerous experts in the CIGRE Study Committee A3 in one place
  • Insights into the fundamental switching behaviour in energy systems for practitioners and for the electrical industry
  • The basics of DC circuit breakers, controlled switching, residual current limiting devices and future technologies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: CIGRE Green Books (CIGREGB)

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Table of contents (18 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xl
  2. CIGRE Study Committee A3 Activity

    • Hiroki Ito, Frank Rene Richter, Heinz Helmut Schramm
    Pages 1-10
  3. Equipment in Power Systems

    • Lou van der Sluis, Nenad Uzelac
    Pages 11-62
  4. Interrupting Phenomena of High-Voltage Circuit Breaker

    • Hiroki Ito, Denis Dufournet
    Pages 63-81
  5. Switching Phenomena in Power System

    • Hiroki Ito, Denis Dufournet, Anton Janssen
    Pages 83-156
  6. History of Circuit Breakers

    • Harley Wilson, Denis Dufournet, Hubert Mercure, Russ Yeckley
    Pages 157-198
  7. Gas Circuit Breakers

    • Denis Dufournet, Daisuke Yoshida, Sebastian Poirier, Harley Wilson
    Pages 199-237
  8. Vacuum Circuit Breakers

    • René Smeets
    Pages 239-270
  9. Generator Circuit Breakers

    • Daisuke Yoshida, Marta Lacorte
    Pages 271-294
  10. Dielectric Withstand Performance Tests

    • Robert Le Roux, Tadao Minagawa
    Pages 325-342
  11. Short-Circuit Performance Tests

    • René Smeets
    Pages 343-378
  12. Fault Current Limiting (FCL) Devices and Techniques

    • Jay Prigmore, Nenad Uzelac
    Pages 399-432
  13. Controlled Switching

    • Hiroki Ito, André Mercier, Mark Waldron
    Pages 433-482
  14. Surge Arresters

    • Robert Le Roux, Kevin Kleinhans
    Pages 483-502
  15. HVDC Switching Equipment

    • Hiroki Ito
    Pages 503-538
  16. Lifetime Management on Equipment

    • Anton Janssen, Magne Runde, Dirk Makareinis, Carsten Protze, Ankur Maheshwari, Antonio C. Carvalho et al.
    Pages 539-570
  17. Future Trends and Developments

    • Lou van der Sluis, Hiroki Ito
    Pages 571-584

About this book

This CIGRE Green Book provides the entire know-how about switches in a high voltage system. The switching equipment includes circuit breakers, vacuum interrupters, disconnecting switches, and earthing switches used in AC & DC transmission and distribution systems. The Green book describes different switching equipments and their roles in the power systems. It explains the fundamental switching behaviors in power systems targeted for practitioners and students and joining electrical industries. The Green book also covers fundamental specific subjects including DC circuit breakers, controlled switching, fault current limiting devices and future technologies.

Like all Green books, this book covers the cumulative understanding of numerous experts in the CIGRE study committee. It offers the approved and outstanding practical knowledge of CIGRE Study committee A3 and was collected by Dr. Hiroki Ito.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Energy and Industrial Systems Group, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroki Ito

About the editor

CIGRE Study Committee A3 facilitates and promotes the progress of engineering and the international exchange of information and knowledge in the field of high voltage equipment. Its goal is to add value to this information and knowledge by means of synthesizing state-of-the-art practices and developing recommendations.

Hiroki Ito joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in 1984, where he had engaged in the research and development of high voltage DC and AC gas circuit breakers. From 1989 to 1991, he worked in the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois. In 1994, he received his Ph.D. from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. He was the technical director of Mitsubishi Electric High Voltage and High Power Testing Laboratories from 2005 to 2012. He is currently the Senior Chief Engineer of Energy and Industrial System Center, Mitsubishi Electric. In CIGRE, hewas the convener of CIGRE WG A3.22 and 28 that investigated the specifications of UHV substation equipment. He is also a member of IEC 62271-310 MT40: Electrical endurance tests of circuit breakers, and IEC 62271-302: Controlled switching. From 2012 to 2018, he has been the Chairman of CIGRE Study Committee A3: High voltage equipment.


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eBook USD 449.99
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 649.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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