Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Hirokuni Aoyagi

Masayuki Ishikawa

Satoru Yanabu

Susumu Nishiwaki

A disconnector for a gas insulated switchgear in which the disconnector includes, in a metallic container filled with an insulated gas, a stationary electrode having a contact, a stationary electrode shield electrically connected to the stationary electrode to surround the contact, the stationary electrode shield made of an electrically resistant material and having a free end portion and inner and outer surfaces, and a movable electrode arranged to face the contact and being movable into and out of electrical contact with the contact, and in which the stationary electrode shield is arranged to flow discharging current therethrough due to an interelectrode voltage applied between the stationary electrode and the movable electrode. The disconnector includes an annular metallic electrode coaxially mounted on the free end portion of the stationary electrode shield so as to allow the movable electrode to pass therethrough. The metallic electrode has an exposed surface exposed to the insulated gas and the exposed surface of the metallic electrode is adapted to be larger in field strength than the inner and outer surfaces of the stationary electrode shield for producing the discharge between the exposed surface of the metallic electrode and the movable electrode.

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Yokohama, Japan

Hirokuni Aoyagi