Age
COST OF MAINTENANCE
Types of Faults
CONDITION MONITORING
1. Economic
Adaptive Maintenance
Reduction of Maintenance personnel
Minimum period of outage
Minimum cost of outage
2. Safety
Reduction of risk by early warning
Timely technical input
Less stress on service personnel
3. Technical
Optimum use of operation
Optimum use of systems
Registration of system problems for future action
Better correlation of testing & symptoms
Upgradation of standards for tests
Life extension & planned replacement
Driving Mechanism
400kV CB
INTERRUPTER DESIGN
Internal Details of Interrupter
Contact Configuration
PIR ASSEMBLY FAILURES
• MECHANICAL • BLASTING OF CB
BREAKAGE OF PTFE DUE TO PIR
ROD
PROBLEM
Types
Ratings
Accptable Norms
A
Reasons of CB Failures
MECHANICAL - 74%
(OPERATING COMPONENTS FAILURES)
ELECTRICAL - 16%
(DIELECTRIC FAILURE)
1. ON LINE CONDITION
MONITORING TECHNIQUES
SOURCES OF MOISTURE IN CB
• GAS HANDLING – FILLING AND EMPTYING THE CB. AIR MAY
BE LEFT DURING EVACUATION WHICH SHALL ADD TO
IMPURITIES IN SF6 GAS. EVACUATION TO BE DONE UPTO 1
mbar (CIGRE-WG23)
EFFECTS OF CONTAMINATION
1. DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS ARE CORROSIVE AND MAY AFFECT
THE SURFACE INSULATION BY THE FORMATION OF
CONDUCTIVE LAYERS ALONG THE INSULATORS.
2. HUMIDITY/MOISTURE IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN IT
CONDENSES ON THEM IN LIQUID FORM CAUSING REDUCED
INSULATION STRENGTH
3. CUF2, WO3, WO2F2 ORIGINATE FROM CONTACT EROSION.
4. HEALTH RISK DUE TO BYTOXIC PRODUCTS LIKE SO2 ETC.