Modern Design and Application of High-Voltage Circuit Breakers
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Circuit and Signal Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2025) | Viewed by 608
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vacuum circuit breaker; vacuum interrupter; vacuum arc plasma; mechanical reliability
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Circuit breakers (CBs) are switching devices that can make, carry, and break a current under normal circuit conditions and can also make or break a fault current under an abnormal circuit at a specific time interval. The development of CBs, revolving around the findings of new electric insulation and arc quenching mediums, has been going on for more than 100 years. Usually, different insulation and arc quenching mediums result in different kinds of CBs, like oil-CBs, ari-CBs, SF6-CBs, vacuum-CBs, and so on. The design of CBs also presents multidisciplinary integration trends, like the integration of material science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and electronics technology. The advancement of power transmission and distribution networks contributes to a notable improvement of CBs, which have a rated voltage ranging from 1 kV to 1 100 kV for AC systems and a rated voltage ranging from 1 kV to 500 kV for DC systems.
In this topical collection, any new works investigating the design, development, and application of new CBs are welcome. Modern technology, referring to coupled multi-physics simulation, arc plasma physics, mechanical optimization, et al., for the design and development of various CBs, like SF6 CBs, electronics CBs, vacuum CBs, and eco-friendly gas CBs, is preferred in this Special Issue. Moreover, the applications of CBs include (but are not limited to) new electric power systems with high-proportional electronics and other power equipment, such as core switching equipment like fault current limiters and series-compensation devices, which are sincerely recommended. This Special Issue is expected to collect new ideas and approaches that address current unsolved problems and challenges related to the modern design and application of CB technologies.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Emerging HV CB technologies (such as high voltage fast vacuum circuit breaker technologies, SF6 alternatives, and DC circuit breakers).
- Semiconductor CB technologies (including HV DC).
- Digital design/twin technologies and AI modeling in CBs.
- Intelligent operating, monitoring, and status estimation technologies for servicing CBs.
- Fundamental physics in HV CBs.
Dr. Xiaofei Yao
Dr. Siyuan Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- circuit breakers
- interrupter
- operating mechanism
- vacuum arc
- diagnosis
- digital twin
- AI modeling
- status estimation
- intelligent operating
- intelligent monitoring
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