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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2021
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Heinz Lendenmann, Västerås, SE;
Kim Missing, Vaasa, FI;
Esa Virtanen, Vaasa, FI;
Thomas Wagner, Mägenwil, CH;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
An arrangement for an overvoltage protection of a subsea electrical apparatus and a method for operating it. The arrangement includes a tank submersible below a water surface level, an electrical apparatus accommodated in the tank, and a surge arrester arrangement accommodated in the tank and coupled to a power supply of the electrical apparatus in the tank for providing the overvoltage protection of the electrical apparatus. The arrangement further includes a controllable grounding switch for connecting the surge arrester arrangement to a ground point in response to a control of the grounding switch to a closed state and for disconnecting the surge arrester arrangement from the ground point in response to a control of the grounding switch to an open state.