Design and Development of New Solid-state DC Circuit Breaker

Solid-state DC circuit breakers are key equipment for the protection of medium and low voltage DC systems and are the most effective means of isolating short-circuit faults. With the development of high-power power electronics, the performance of solid-state DC circuit breakers has also improved. In this paper, a new topology of anti-parallel connection is proposed based on the reverse blocking IGCT, which requires fewer switches, lower cost and smaller loss than the anti-series and diode-bridge structure. Besides, a snubber branch design method based on MOV-C is proposed, which can effectively suppress the breaking overvoltage and AC harmonics. Finally, a prototype of low-voltage solid-state DC circuit breaker with rated voltage of 750V was developed, and the breaking test and temperature test were carried out.