A dielectric, including a halogenated olefin having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and having a water content of 6000 ppm or less in terms of mass.

A vacuum circuit breaker includes a ground tank, first and second vacuum interrupters, a link mechanism for opening and closing the vacuum interrupters and a link mechanism case housing the link mechanism and supported by an insulating support tube. An insulating operation rod for operating the link mechanism is provided through the insulating support tube and a side portion of the ground tank. An operation room is provided around the portion of the ground tank through which the insulating operation rod is inserted. A conversion mechanism for driving the insulating operation rod is arranged in the operation room. A space communicating with inner sides of bellows of the vacuum interrupters (including the inside of the link mechanism case and the inside of the insulating support tube) is filled with insulating gas of 0.3 MPa or lower. The other space is filled with insulating gas of higher pressure.

Electrical insulation system with low environmental impact for medium- and high-voltage electrical switchgear.

The invention relates to an electrical insulation system comprising two fundamental elements: a) a gaseous medium formed by a mixture of i) one or more non-flammable hydrofluoroolefins with at least 4 carbon atoms and ii) one, two or three carrier gases selected from N2, O2, dry air, helium, CO.sub.2 or mixtures thereof; and b) one or more drying agents.

Electrical insulation system with low environmental impact for medium- and high-voltage electrical switchgear.

The invention relates to an electrical insulation system comprising two fundamental elements: a) a gaseous medium formed by a mixture of i) one or more non-flammable hydrofluoroolefins with at least 4 carbon atoms and ii) one, two or three carrier gases selected from N2, O2, dry air, helium, CO.sub.2 or mixtures thereof; and b) one or more drying agents.

The present application concerns a medium- or high-voltage equipment including a leaktight enclosure in which there are located electrical components and a gas mixture for providing electrical insulation and/or for extinguishing electric arcs that are likely to occur in the enclosure, the gas mixture including heptafluoroisobutyronitrile, carbon dioxide, and a high content of oxygen

Embodiments of the disclosure can include a circuit breaker, comprising an enclosure comprising: arcing contacts movable axially relative to each other, between an open position of the circuit breaker in which the arcing contacts are separated from each other and a closed position of the circuit breaker in which the arcing contacts are in contact with each other; and a gas inlet configured to blow an arc-control gas to interrupt an electric arc during movement of the arcing contacts from the closed position to the open position, wherein the arc-control gas comprises at least 80% of carbon dioxide; wherein the enclosure further comprises an adsorbing material, which adsorbs carbon monoxide after ionization of the carbon dioxide during arcing, said adsorber being a metal-organic framework comprising nickel and/or iron.

A dielectric fluid (i.e., dielectric composition) that includes a perfluorinated 1-alkoxypropene compound represented by the following general Formula (I): R.sub.fO—CF═CFCF.sub.3 wherein R.sub.f is CF.sub.3— or CF.sub.3CF.sub.2—. Such dielectric fluids may be useful in various electrical devices.

The present invention relates to a dielectric-insulation or arc-extinction fluid for an apparatus for the generation, the transmission, the distribution and/or the usage of electrical energy, the fluid being a mixture comprising a fluoroolefin and oxygen. According the fluoroolefin is a monohydrofluoroolefin containing from 4 to 5 carbon atoms, the hydrogen atom being bound to a carbon atom of the double bond or directly adjacent to the double bond.

A fuse adapter kit for a fuse of a switch-fuse module and a switch-fuse module. The fuse adapter kit includes: a fuse canister having an axially elongated fuse receiving portion adapted to receive the fuse; and at least one terminal having i) an axial fuse receiving opening for receiving an axial end portion of the fuse, ii) a lateral protrusion forming a mechanical male connector, and iii) an electrical terminal connector laterally arranged within the mechanical male connector for electrically connecting the fuse to an electrical canister connector; wherein the fuse canister has a fuse mounting wall portion extending axially along a back side of the fuse receiving portion, the fuse mounting wall portion having at least three fuse mounting openings at different axial positions along the fuse mounting wall portion, each of the fuse mounting openings forming a mechanical female connector matching the mechanical male connector of the terminal to form a mechanical plug connection, and wherein the fuse canister further includes the electrical canister connector arranged at at least one of the fuse mounting openings for electrically connecting to the electrical terminal connector.

A switching arrangement has a plurality of at least two contact arrangements and a blasting arrangement for blasting the contact arrangements with insulation gas. The at least two contact arrangements each have a first contact piece and a second contact piece which can be moved relative to one another in order to form an electrical connection when the first contact piece and the second contact piece are in contact and to form an insulation zone when the contact pieces are isolated from one another. The blasting arrangement has at least two blowing volumes, wherein a first contact arrangement can be supplied with insulation gas by a first blowing volume and wherein a second contact arrangement can be supplied with insulation gas by a second blowing volume.

There is a gas circuit breaker that can reduce deterioration in insulation performance and current breaking performance due to unnecessary gas generated from arc-extinguishing gas sprayed to an arc. The gas circuit breaker includes a sealed container 8 in which the arc-extinguishing gas is enclosed, a first fixed contactor portion 2 fixed to the sealed container 8, a second fixed contactor portion 4 fixed to the sealed container 8, and a movable contactor portion 3 which moves between the first fixed contactor portion 2 and the second fixed contactor portion 4, to conduct and break current between the first fixed contactor portion 2 and the second fixed contactor portion 4, in which an arc generated between a fixed arc contactor 21 provided to the first fixed contactor portion 2 and a movable arc contactor 31 provided to the movable contactor portion 3 at a time of current breaking action is extinguished by spraying the arc-extinguishing gas, the gas circuit breaker includes a gas chamber 5 configured to accumulate the unnecessary gas generated from the arc-extinguishing gas sprayed to the arc, the sealed container 8 is formed by joining ends of the two hollow truncated cone portions 82 and 83, each having a large opening diameter, with the cylindrical portion 82 therebetween, and the gas chamber 5 is formed inside the cylindrical portion 81 forming the sealed container 8.