Improvement of resistance protection of high-voltage capacitors of powerful capacitive energy storage systems from emergency overcurrent

Abstract

A resistive protection circuit of high-voltage pulse capacitors with powerful capacitive energy storage (CES) in multimodule implementation from the emergency overcurrents arising in the individual modules of CES when internal or external electric breakdown of isolation of capacitors was proposed. The main distinctive feature of this circuit is separate operation of CES modules at the stage of charging of parallel-connected capacitors and their operation together at the stage of discharge of the capacitor of modules at the total electrical load. This mode prevents the explosion-like destruction of their protective graphite–ceramic fixed resistors of TVO-60 type in an emergency arising upon breakdown of a CES capacitor at the charge stage. The calculation results of the main electrotechnical parameters of the proposed resistive protection circuit are presented. The quantitative determination of such parameters of the protective circuit of CES indicates its practical feasibility in the area of high-voltage pulse technology.