SF6 Circuit Breaker

GL 107
SF6 Circuit Breaker GL 107 - The Compact Design

SF6 circuit breakers have proven

their reliability in high-voltage
and extra-high-voltage systems
over the past few decades. SF6 Circuit breaker
GL 107
The well-known puffer principle is
the basis for ALSTOM’s Type
GL 107 SF6 circuit breakers.

The GL 107 interrupter technology

is also a reliable basis for breakers
in medium-voltage systems.
Many years of experience with more
than 20,000 breakers guarantee
customers a high level of dependa-
bility and safety of operation.
The GL 107 has been developed as
a compact versatile circuit breaker
for use in the medium-voltage to
high-voltage range of from 12 to
40.5 kV.

The optional addition of current

transformers
• Hot-dip galvanized steel parts
Design and Basic Principle
• Pole units filled with SF6 at factory
• Interrupter chamber with puffer before shipping
technology
• Interrupter unit maintenance-free
• Pressure relief system with for up to 10,000 operations or
bursting disk 40 years; no need for replace-
ment parts for over 40 years
• Field-proven temperature-
under normal conditions
compensated density monitor with
two-stage transducer and three- • Very low leak rates due to sealed
color dial gas chamber

• ALSTOM operating mechanism of • Easy to install without technical

the FK3-x generation with low support
and the possibility for pole mounting
dynamic load
mean that this device can be used • Pre-set at factory before shipping;
universally to meet customer • Mechanism housing made no adjustments necessary during
specifications. completely of aluminum sheet installation and commissioning

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Spring Mechanism FK3-1

SF6 circuit breakers place special

demands on the required
operating mechanisms.
The newly developed series of
Type FK3-x spring mechanisms
will form the basis for all future Spring mechanism
ALSTOM circuit breakers. FK3-1

The compact design of the GL 107

breaker requires a space-saving
operating mechanism. The newly
developed FK3-1 mechanism was
used for the first time in this outdoor
breaker because it meets that
requirement. This mechanism is the
result of experience accumulated
with more than 20,000 ALSTOM
spring mechanisms – combined with
advanced materials, functional
design, and maximum reliability.

• Easy-to-read mechanical – closing/opening pushbutton

indication of spring charging and switch
operating state – thermostatically controlled
auxiliary heating system
• Low-impact closing and opening
– receptacle outlet, etc.
motion
• Independent cable entry plate
• Low-maintenance design
(maintenance-free for up to
Design and Operation 10,000 cycles or 20 years)

• Very high availability with an even

• Spring mechanism with helical
longer service life
compression springs for opening
and closing operations (most • Low noise emissions
reliable spring energy storage
system) • Standardized terminal strip for
easy add-on of optional
• Local mechanical control through accessories such as Auxiliary switch
lockable rotary handles – remote/local control switch easily expandable, if required

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Technical Data

Type GL 107 IEC, VDE * ANSI GOST / GB/CL

Rated voltage kV 36 38 40,5

Rated frequency Hz 50/60 60 50
Rated power-frequency withstand voltage kV 70 80 95/85
Rated lightning impulse withstand voltage kV 170 200 185

Rated normal current A 1600 1600 1600

Rated short-circuit breaking current kA 25 25 25
Rated short-circuit making current kA 63 68 63
Static terminal load N ≤640 ≤640 ≤640

Rated duration of short-circuit s 3

Rated operating sequence O-0,3s-CO-3min-CO resp. CO-15s-CO
Opening time ms 21
Total break time ms 33
Closing time ms 85

Ambient temperature °C –30 up to +40

SF6-gas, rated pressure (pe at 20°C) MPa 0,36
Mass of SF6-gas kg 1

Spring mechanism FK3-1

Rated supply voltage V dc/ac 24...250
Class of protection IP54

Weight kg 355

* Standard values in accordance with 600 600

IEC 60056 (1987); amendment 3
(1996); further data on request
1023
2230

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Arcing Chamber Principle of Operation

Every problem needs its own

solution. This thought is the
basis for selecting the quenching
principle for the GL 107 SF6 circuit
breaker.

The GL 107’s interrupter chamber

works according to the single-
pressure principle. The quenching
pressure required to extinguish the
arc is not generated until the opening
Arcing contact
operation.
The interrupter chamber is shown in Main contact
the open condition in the adjacent
figure.
Blast nozzle
Mode of Operation
Tulip arcing contact

In the open position the contact Blast cylinder

systems are electrically isolated from
one another. The opening spring in Piston
the mechanism has been discharged,
and the closing spring has been
charged by the charging motor. For
operation, the spring energy stored in
the mechanism is transmitted by
linkage and cranks to the insulating
drive rods inside the pole columns.

During the closing operation the

opening spring in the mechanism is
charged. The lower contact system
moves towards the fixed upper
contact system. The first elements to compression piston is pressed against deionizes the interrupter assembly
close are the arcing contact and the a stationary piston, thereby and prevents the arc from re-igniting.
tulip contact, which are located inside generating the necessary quenching The breaker is now in the open
the nozzle. Then the externally pressure. After contact separation, position. The open interrupter
located main contacts close. the arc is formed between the arcing assembly forms an insulator.
contacts. The arc is extinguished for a
In the opening operation, the main few microseconds in the current Puffer quenching principle – the
contact system opens first. zero. The quenching gas that flows ALSTOM solution for outdoor
At the same time the movable out of the nozzle at a high rate breakers up to 40.5kV

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