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Series capacitor equipment
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Inventors: Paulsson, Lars;
Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AB (Vaster.ang.s, SE)
Primary Examiner: DeBoer; Todd E.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Pollock, Vande Sande & Priddy
Series capacitor equipment is connected into an electric power transmission line (L) and has a capacitor bank with a first part (CO) series-connected with a second part (C1-Cn) with variable capacitance. For protection against overvoltages, a first spark gap protective means (GO, T, TE) is connected across the first part, and a second spark gap protective means, connected in series with said first spark gap protective means, is connected across the second part of the bank. The point of connection (A) of the spark gap protective means is connected to the point of connection (B) of the bank parts through a resistor (R). The first spark gap protection means is adapted to be ignited at a predeternined level of the current in the power transmission line, the voltage drop across the resistor (R) then causing said second spark protective means (G) to become ignited. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
An overvoltage protection circuit for series capacitor equipment with a capacitor bank for connection into an electric power transmission line for control of the power line, wherein the capacitor bank has a first part with a fixed capacitance and a second part with a controllable capacitance, the second part being connected in series with the frist part, said protection circuit, comprising: a first spark gap protective means connected across the first part of the capacitor bank and including a spark gap; a second, spark gap protective means including a spark gap connected in series with said spark gap of said first gap protective means; and an impedance element interconnected between the point of connection of the two spark gaps and the point of connection of the two capacitor bank parts; wherein, said first spark gap protective means is ignited at a predetermined level of current in the power transmission line, and said second spark gap protective means is ignited responsive to the ignition of said first spark gap protective means by the voltage drop across said impedance element, and the voltage drop across said second part of the capacitor bank.
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Series capacitor equipment according to claim 1, wherein the impedance element consists of a resistor.
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Series capacitor equipment according to claim 2, wherein the first spark gap protective means comprises a spark gap chain with two series-connected main spark gaps as well as a control chain, connected in parallel with the spark gap chain, with voltage dependent elements and impedance elements, wherein the control chain at a point between two voltage-dependent elements is connected to the spark gap chain at a point between the two spark gaps for ignition of these spark gaps when the breakdown voltage of the voltage-dependent elements is exceeded.
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Series capacitor equipment according to claim 1, wherein the first spark gap protective means comprises a spark gap chain with two series-connected main spark gaps and a control chain, connected in parallel with the spark gap chain, with voltage dependent elements and impedance elements, wherein the control chain at a point between two voltage-dependent elements is connected to the spark gap chain at a point between the two spark gaps for ignition of these spark gaps when the breakdown voltage of the voltage-dependent elements is exceeded
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