TDR9000
™
Circuit Breaker Test System User’s Guide
72A-1898 Rev. A 11/01 A-9
Monday, November 26, 2001 1:09 pm
Interruption in Vacuum
Figure A.8 gives a size comparison between a Westinghouse
10-cm-diameter vacuum interrupter rated 500 MVA (15 kV / 22 kA) and
the arc chute of a Westinghouse Air Circuit Breaker of comparable rating.
(Reprinted from Reference 2. Permission granted by Marcel Dekker, Inc.)
Figure A.8 Size Comparison Westinghouse 10-cm-Diameter
Vacuum Interrupter/Arc Chute of a Westinghouse Air Circuit Breaker