Overvoltages caused by switching unloaded cable lines by a vacuum switch

摘要

The paper presents results of the studies on overvoltages generated while switching unloaded medium voltage (MV) power cable lines by a vacuum switch. The studies were carried out while switching real MV cable lines and their physical models. It has been found that overvoltages and overcurrents are generated during switching, and that under certain conditions they may reach significant values. These values depend on the source side circuit parameters, on kinematics vacuum switch parameters as well as on parameters of a switched cable line.