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Advantages Disadvantages
Silent operation, compact size Costly
Very short arcing time
Requires conditioning of SF6 gas
No risk of fire
from time to time
No reduction in dielectric strength
due to operation SF6 gas is suffocating ,so its
Current chopping is minimized leakage can cause suffocation of
Can interrupt larger currents the persons in surrounding
Suitable for explosive environment areas.
due to totally enclosed body. Special facilities are required for
Can withstand severe RRRV transporting gas
Capable of breaking capacitive
current without restriking
Additional equipments are
Application: for voltages 132 KV
required for reconditioning
Condensation at low
temperature
Vacuum Circuit Breakers
Vacuum breakers are also similar in construction like the other types of breakers,
except that the breaking medium is vacuum and the medium sealed to ensure
vacuum
It consists of fixed contact, moving contact and arc shield mounted inside a
vacuum chamber. The movable member is connected to the control
mechanism by stainless steel bellows. This enables the permanent sealing of
the vacuum chamber so as to eliminate the possibility of leakage,.
A glass vessel or ceramic vessel is used as outer insulating body. The arc shield
prevents the deterioration of the internal dielectric strength by preventing the
deterioration of the internal dielectric strength.
Vacuum Circuit Breaker