Gas circuit breaker

Abstract

The gas-circuit-breaker includes a container, opposing part, movable-part, and nozzle. An arc-extinguishing gas fills the container. The opposing-part is housed in the container and includes an opposing-arc-contact and an exhaust stack. The movable-part is housed in the container and includes a movable-arc-contact coming in contact with the opposing-arc-contact in a connected-state and separating from the opposing-arc-contact in an open-state; and a pressure-accumulation-part where an arc-extinguishing gas pressure increases. The nozzle is housed in the container and includes a space where arc-discharge occurs between the movable-arc-contact and the opposing-arc-contact. The nozzle includes a middle-part where the opposing-arc-contact is inserted and one or more jet-holes that eject, toward the space, partial arc-extinguishing gas flowing in from a flow-passage between the pressure-accumulation-part and the middle-part. The arc-extinguishing gas whose pressure increases in the pressure-accumulation-part flows into the space via the flow-passage and the jet-holes to extinguish the arc-discharge.

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