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Innovative arcless hybrid interrupting technology with finely structured hardness contacts

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18H01420
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 21010:Power engineering-related
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Yasuoka Koichi  東京工業大学, 工学院, 教授 (00272675)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 竹内 希  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, エネルギー・環境領域, 主任研究員 (80467018)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,990,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥7,410,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,710,000)
Keywords電気接点 / 溶融ブリッジ / アーク / 高融点材料 / 可変抵抗 / 微細構造
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Aiming to establish a breaking technology that can open and close an DC current over several hundred amperes without generating arc. In the first year, the arcless current interruption of 200 A was demonstrated using contacts of tungsten material, which has the highest melting point.
In the following year, the relationship between contact resistance and surface roughness was studied experimentally. Based on the result, the contact resistance was reduced to 0.3 mΩ, which was about twice that of copper contacts. Furthermore, new-type of copper-clad tungsten contacts were developed to promote heat dissipation locally concentrated on the electrode surface and prevent boiling of the contact material. The arcless current was increased to 400A. Another type of contacts that consisted of two or three contact materials was proposed. We succeed to increase the arcless commutation current up to 700 A in experiments using the variable resistance contacts.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

太陽光等の直流エネルギー源を蓄電池と組み合わせる直流マイクログリッドシステムは,CO2削減技術として注目されている。ただし直流は電流ゼロ点が無いため,機械接点でしゃ断するとアークが発生して接点寿命が低下し,同時に電磁ノイズが発生する課題がある。全半導体しゃ断器はアークレス開閉が可能である一方,定常時の電力損失が大きい。
ハイブリッド直流しゃ断器はこれらの短所を持たない次世代直流器であるが,しゃ断時には短時間アークが発生することから完全な課題解決には至っていない。本研究はアーク発生を完全に防止する直流しゃ断技術を実現したもので,社会ニーズに応えるとともに新たな技術分野の構築に寄与した。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2020 2019 Other

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 7 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results) Remarks (1 results) Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Dielectric strength of electric contacts after short‐duration arc in a hybrid DC circuit breaker2020

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama Ryo、Ou Chomrong、Zen Shungo、Yasuoka Koichi
    • Journal Title

      IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

      Volume: 15 Issue: 5 Pages: 671-675

    • DOI

      10.1002/tee.23102

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Development of copper‐tungsten clad‐contacts for 400 A‐arc‐less switching of hybrid dc switch2020

    • Author(s)
      Yamada Yuta、Chen Mo、Yasuoka Koichi
    • Journal Title

      Electrical Engineering in Japan

      Volume: 210 Issue: 1-4 Pages: 3-10

    • DOI

      10.1002/eej.23249

    • NAID

      210000174780

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] New Configuration of Contacts for Increasing the Threshold Current of Arc-Free Commutation in a DC Hybrid Switch2020

    • Author(s)
      Ou Chomrong、Yinming Huang、Yasuoka Koichi
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

      Volume: 10 Issue: 8 Pages: 1320-1327

    • DOI

      10.1109/tcpmt.2020.2998817

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ON-State Contact Resistance and Arc-Less Commutation Characteristics of Cu-W Clad Contact Materials in a Hybrid DC Switch2020

    • Author(s)
      Chen Mo、Yamada Yuta、Zen Shungo、Takeuchi Nozomi、Yasuoka Koichi
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

      Volume: 10 Issue: 7 Pages: 1138-1147

    • DOI

      10.1109/tcpmt.2020.3001280

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Development of Copper-Tungsten Clad-contacts for 400A-arc-less Switching of Hybrid DC Switch2019

    • Author(s)
      山田雄太, 陳黙, 安岡康一
    • Journal Title

      IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy

      Volume: 139 Issue: 9 Pages: 592-597

    • DOI

      10.1541/ieejpes.139.592

    • NAID

      130007700160

    • ISSN
      0385-4213, 1348-8147
    • Year and Date
      2019-09-01
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Influence of a Short-Duration Arc on the Erosion and Dielectric Strength of Narrow Air-Gap Contacts in a Hybrid DC Switch2019

    • Author(s)
      O. Chomrong, R. Nakayama, S. Zen, K. Yasuoka
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

      Volume: 9 Issue: 6 Pages: 1068-1074

    • DOI

      10.1109/tcpmt.2019.2904616

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Threshold Current of Arc-less Current Commutation in a Hybrid DC Switch2019

    • Author(s)
      M. Chen, K. Nakayama, S. Zen, K. Yasuoka
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

      Volume: 9 Issue: 6 Pages: 1029-1037

    • DOI

      10.1109/tcpmt.2019.2915764

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Hybrid Switch with Tungsten-clad Copper Contacts for Arc-free On/Off Switching up to DC 400 A2020

    • Author(s)
      K. Yasuoka, Y. Yamada, and M. Chen
    • Organizer
      18th Int. Conf. Renewable Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ'20)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Emission spectrum from a raptured molten-metal-bridge during opening period of a hybrid DC switch2020

    • Author(s)
      K. Yasuoka, C. Ou, Y. Huang
    • Organizer
      LASER, OPTIC SCIENCE & PHOTONICS
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Threshold Current of Arc-Free Commutation For Copper-Carbon Contact in a DC Hybrid Switch2020

    • Author(s)
      C. Ou, H. Yinming, and K. Yasuoka
    • Organizer
      30th International Conference on Electrical Contacts(ICEC 2020)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] SiC-MOSFETを用いたkV, kA級ハイブリッド直流遮断器2019

    • Author(s)
      久保翔也, 佐藤俊介, 全俊豪, 安岡康一
    • Organizer
      電子通信情報学会 機構デバイス研究会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Simulation of heat distribution in electric contacts of a hybrid DC switch2019

    • Author(s)
      C. Ou, Y. Huang, K. Yasuoka
    • Organizer
      令和元年電気学会電力・エネルギー部門大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Development of Low Resistance Tungsten-clad Copper Contacts in an Arc-free Hybrid DC Circuit Breaker2019

    • Author(s)
      X. Tian, M. Chen, K. Yasuoka
    • Organizer
      令和元年電気学会電力・エネルギー部門大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 328 A kV-kA hybrid DC circuit breaker with SiC-MOSFET module2019

    • Author(s)
      Y. Huang, C. Ou, K. Yasuoka
    • Organizer
      令和元年電気学会電力・エネルギー部門大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] アークフリーハイブリッド直流スイッチのためのタングステンクラッド接点の接点抵抗2019

    • Author(s)
      Xinhao Tian, 陳黙, 安岡康一
    • Organizer
      電子通信情報学会 機構デバイス研究会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Arc-Free Bidirectional Hybrid DC Switch using Tungsten or Tungsten-clad Copper Contacts2019

    • Author(s)
      Shoya Kubo, Shunsuke Sato, Yinming Huang, Koichi Yasuoka
    • Organizer
      IEEE International conference on DC Microgrids
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Microsecond Break Arcs During or After Commutation of Current in a Hybrid DC Switch2019

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Yasuoka, Yuta Yamada, Mo Chen, Ryo Nakayama, Shoya Kubo, Shungo Zen
    • Organizer
      IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Contact Resistance and Arc-free Commutation Current of Tungsten-clad Copper Contacts for a Hybrid DC Switch2019

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Yasuoka, Yuta Yamada, Mo Chen
    • Organizer
      IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] アークレスハイブリッド直流遮断器

    • URL

      http://www.plasma.ee.titech.ac.jp/research/detail_189.html

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] ハイブリッドスイッチ2020

    • Inventor(s)
      安岡 康一, オウ チョムロン
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      安岡 康一, オウ チョムロン
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Filing Date
      2020
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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