Westinghouse Electric Corporation

The United States of America as Represented by the United States

Electric Power Research Institute Incorporated

William H Fischer

Charles F Cromer

Kue H Yoon

Alan H Cookson

Joseph R Rostron

Willie B Freeman

Jeffry R Meyer

Robert L Hess

Sylvester J Dropik

Kent D Daschke

Lee E Berkebile

A gas-insulated transmission line includes a corrugated outer conductor, an inner conductor disposed within and insulated from the outer conductor by means of support insulators and an insulating gas, and a non-binding transport device for supporting and permitting movement of the inner conductor/insulating support assembly axially along the corrugated outer conductor without radial displacement and for moving without binding along corrugations of any slope less than vertical. The transport device includes two movable contacts, such as skids or rollers, supported on a common pivot lever, the pivot lever being rotatably disposed about a pivot lever axis, which pivot lever axis is in turn disposed on the periphery of a support insulator or particle trap if one is used. The movable contacts are separated axially a distance equal to the axial distance between the peaks and valleys of the corrugations of the outer conductor and separated radially a distance equal to the radial distance between the peaks and valleys of the corrugations of the outer conductor. The transport device has the pivot lever axis disposed parallel to the motion of travel of the inner conductor/insulating support assembly.

Non-binding conductor load bearing roller for a gas-insulated

A non-binding particle trap to outer sheath contact for use in gas insulated transmission lines having a corrugated outer conductor. The non-binding feature of the contact according to the teachings of the invention is accomplished by having a lever arm rotatably attached to a particle trap by a pivot support axis disposed parallel to the direction of travel of the inner conductor/insulator/particle trap assembly.

Particle trap to sheath non-binding contact for a gas-insulated

A gas-insulated transmission line includes a corrugated outer conductor, an inner conductor disposed within and insulated from the outer conductor by means of support insulators and an insulating gas, and a transport device for supporting and permitting movement of the inner conductor/insulating support assembly axially along the corrugated outer conductor without radial displacement. The transport device includes two movable contacts, such as skids or rollers, supported on a common pivot lever, the pivot lever being rotatably disposed about a pivot lever axis, which pivot lever axis is in turn disposed on the periphery of a support insulator or particle trap if one is used. The movable contacts are separated axially a distance equal to the axial distance between the peaks and valleys of the corrugations of the outer conductor and separated radially a distance equal to the radial distance between the peaks and valleys of the corrugations of the outer conductor. The transport device has the pivot lever axis disposed perpendicular to the direction of travel of the inner conductor/insulating support assembly.

Conductor load bearing roller for a gas-insulated transmission line

A particle trap to outer elongated conductor or sheath contact for gas-insulated transmission lines. The particle trap to outer sheath contact of the invention is applicable to gas-insulated transmission lines having either corrugated or non-corrugated outer sheaths. The contact of the invention includes an electrical contact disposed on a lever arm which in turn is rotatably disposed on the particle trap and biased in a direction to maintain contact between the electrical contact and the outer sheath.

Particle trap to sheath contact for a gas-insulated transmission line

A gas insulated transmission line having radially flexible field control means for reducing the electric field along the periphery of the inner conductor at predetermined locations wherein the support insulators are located. The radially flexible field control means of the invention includes several structural variations of the inner conductor, wherein careful controlling of the length to depth of surface depressions produces regions of reduced electric field. Several embodiments of the invention dispose a flexible connector at the predetermined location along the inner conductor where the surface depressions that control the reduced electric field are located.

Flexible gas insulated transmission line having regions of reduced

A circuit interrupter uses a dielectric liquid such as sulphur hexachloride to extinguish arcs in an interrupter. The liquid is injected at a relatively high pressure by a pump piston with a relatively high mass and an accumulator acts as a pressure fly wheel to effectively reduce high pressure maximums and increase low pressure minimums because of the much lower mass of the accumulator piston. In addition, a double fluid flow interrupter is provided.

Circuit interrupter using dielectric liquid with energy storage

A minimum liquid circuit interrupter provides a relatively remote cooled storage unit for the dielectric liquid and fills a cylinder which is in close proximity to the insulating nozzle of the interrupter, the cylinder being driven at one end by a piston and closed at the other by the moving contact of the interrupter.

Circuit interrupter using a minimum of dielectric liquid

An improved circuit interrupter for high voltage and low current provides reactor and capacitor switching functions with fewer serial interrupters. Improved electrical field configuration is provided by moving and stationary contact shields, surrounding the main contacts, which aid the plain break operation of the device by elimination of critical points of dielectric stress. The plain break feature provides less mechanical complexity and consequent higher reliability.

High voltage plain break circuit interrupter

An improved pneumatic operating mechanism construction is provided including the usual stationary operating cylinder with a movable reciprocally-operable driving piston member movable therewithin, and having an extremely-fast pneumatic valve-device cooperable with a movable valve-sealing member attached to, and carried by, the driving side of the movable driving piston. Additionally, a valve-piston bore is provided internally within the stationary valve-housing member, within which reciprocally pneumatically operates the movable valve piston.

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William H Fischer