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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1999
Jean Marmonier, Aix les Bains, FR;
Alstom France S.A., Paris, FR;
Abstract
The method relates to discriminating between an internal arc and a circuit-breaking arc established in the enclosure of a circuit breaker in a bay of a medium or high voltage metal-clad substation. The appearance of an internal arc is detected by a protection system which responds by transmitting a disengagement order to the circuit breaker, thereby causing a circuit-breaking arc to appear. The pressure of the dielectric gas inside the enclosure of the circuit breaker, is continuously measured and recorded so that after the instant at which the disengagement order is transmitted, it is possible to recover a first pressure value measured before the instant. The first pressure value is then compared with a second pressure value measured after the said instant in order to identify whether the internal arc was struck in the circuit breaker enclosure.