IP Library Granted Patent US 8,804,298
Granted Patent B2
US 8,804,298 · App. 13/462,974 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

Gas insulated bus and particle removal method for gas insulated bus

Inventors: Tatsuro Kato (Hitachi, JP); Toshiaki Rokunohe (Hitachi, JP); Hisashi Urasaki (Hitachi, JP); Ryoichi Shinohara (Hitachi, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,804,298
App. No.
13/462,974
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is provided to satisfy insulation and conductivity performance requirements, to reduce the size of a gas insulated bus, and also to make conditioning for a particle more reliable. In a gas insulated bus having a conductor supported in a cylindrical metal container via an insulator, insulating gas being contained in the metal container, the metal container has an expanded diameter part formed over a given range in an area of the metal container in which the insulator is positioned and a reduced diameter part formed over the entire area of the metal container except for the expanded diameter part. Thus, when the temperature of the insulator increases during conduction, heat from the insulator is transferred to the metal container via a large space in the expanded diameter part and released to the air through a large outer surface of the expanded diameter part of the metal container.

Claims (9)

1. A gas insulated bus comprising a conductor supported in a cylindrical metal container via an insulator, insulating gas being contained in the metal container, wherein the metal container comprises an expanded diameter part formed over a given range in an area of the metal container in which the insulator is positioned and a reduced diameter part formed over an entire area of the metal container except for the expanded diameter part;

wherein an inner surface of at least the expanded diameter part of the metal container is covered with an insulating coating, and

wherein a surface of the conductor corresponding to a position opposite to at least the reduced diameter part of the metal container is covered with an insulation coating.

2. A gas insulated bus comprising a conductor supported in a cylindrical metal container via an insulator, insulating gas being contained in the metal container, wherein the metal container comprises an expanded diameter part formed over a given range in an area of the metal container in which the insulator is positioned and a reduced diameter part formed over an entire area of the metal container except for the expanded diameter part and, wherein an opening with a releasable cover is formed in the expanded diameter part of the metal container at least on one side of the insulator.

3. A particle removal method for removing a particle having entered the metal container of a gas insulated bus comprising:

coupling a metal container for applied voltage comprising a line for applied voltage for applying a voltage to the conductor of the gas insulated bus, to a flange on one end of the metal container of the gas insulated bus formed at respective opposite ends of the metal container and which is coupled to a metal container of another gas insulated bus, and coupling a testing seal container to a flange on the other end;

installing the metal container at least in an inclined manner and containing insulating gas in the respective containers; and

applying a voltage to the conductor in a stepwise fashion via the metal container for applied voltage to allow a particle present in the metal container of the gas insulated bus to float and accumulate to collect the particle in the expanded diameter part located at a low position of the inclined metal container, wherein

said gas insulated bus comprises a conductor supported in a cylindrical metal container via an insulator, insulating gas being contained in the metal container, wherein the metal container comprises an expanded diameter part formed over a given range in an area of the metal container in which the insulator is positioned and a reduced diameter part formed over an entire area of the metal container except of the expanded diameter part.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2024
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
Reel/Frame 069534/0519 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2012
From: KATO, TATSURO; ROKUNOHE, TOSHIAKI; URASAKI, HISASHI; SHINOHARA, RYOICHI
To: HITACHI, LTD
Reel/Frame 028358/0323 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-103531 · May 6, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120281332A1 · Nov 8, 2012