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Course Name	Turkish	Yüksek Gerilim Güç Kesicileri
	English	High Voltage Power Circuit Breakers
Course Code	ELK 483	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	7	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Özcan Kalenderli
Course Objectives		1. To teach current breaking for circuit switching in electrical power systems, its problems and solving methods, 2. To introduce types, design, and production of HV power circuit-breakers, 3. To provide selection and testing of HV power circuit-breakers for the power quality.
Course Description		Introduction to power circuit-breakers and breaking principles. Analysis of switching phenomenon in the high voltage power systems, switching surges, recovery voltage. Electrical arcs, arc extinction methods. Electrical contact problem. Breaking and extinction of arc at direct current. Survey of circuit-breaker types and constructions. Comparison and selection of power circuit- breakers. Testing of circuit-breakers.
Course Outcomes		1. To know arc and current interruption methods, 2. To know switching phenomena, 3. To know electrical contact concept, 4. To introduce structures and properties of power circuit-breakers, 5. To design a power circuit-breaker, 6. To know selection and testing of power circuit-breakers.
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		Y. Özkan, Yüksek Gerilim Güç Kesicileri, İTÜ Kütüphanesi Sayı: 1150, İTÜ Matbaası, İstanbul, 1994.
Other References		1. R. D. Garzon, High Voltage Circuit Breakers: Design and applications, Marcel Dekker, New York, 2002. 2. C. H. Flurscheim, Power Circuit Breaker Theory and Design, Peter Peregrinus Ltd., London, 1982. 3. T. E. Browne, Circuit Interruption, Theory and Techniques, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1984. 4. K. Nakanishi, Switching Phenomena in High-Voltage Circuit Breakers, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1991. 5. P. G. Slade, Electrical Contacts: Principles and Applications, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1999. 6. H. M. Ryan, G. R. Jones, SF6 Switchgear, Peter Peregrinus Ltd., London, 1989.

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