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AFB40

AFB25

AFB®
ARC-FREE ULTRA HIGH-SPEED
DC CIRCUIT BREAKER
CITY ELECTRIC TRANSPORT ■ METRO ■
ABOUT COMPANY

PLUTON is the modern innovative

manufacturer of electrotechnical equipment
for city electric transport, metro and railways.
The Company holds key positions in electrical
industry and has been successfully working
over 30 years implementing the strategy
of intensive growth, development and
continuous improvement of products and
services quality.

More than 70 types of PLUTON equipment

are supplied to various countries of the
world and successfully applied in the field
of transport, power industry and production
sector. PLUTON Group has representative
offices in 7 countries and continues to develop
dynamically and extend its global presence.

PLUTON confirmed compliance of its

management principles with international
standards of quality management system
ISO 9001:2015, Environmental Safety
ISO 14001:2015, as well as occupational
safety and health ISO 45001:2018
requirements.

Due to our vast experience and innovative

technologies, we provide secure, reliable and
efficient power distribution. We are building
the future, creating products of up-to-date
level in compliance with the international
standards that ensure safety and comfort of
Customers.

We provide a full range of services: from

design up to installation and commissioning
of the supplied equipment on operation
site. Furthermore, we provide the following
services after equipment start-up:
• personnel correct and safe operation and
maintenance training;
• warranty and post-warranty maintenance;
• spare parts supply.

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 AFB® ARC-FREE ULTRA HIGH-SPEED
DC CIRCUIT BREAKER

AFB® is an innovative ultra high-speed DC to the main circuit current. The generated
circuit breaker based on PLUTON experience current compensates the main circuit current.
and advanced technologies. AFB® is provided Thus, the main contact opens with a current
for application in tram, trolleybus, light value close to zero, whereby there is no arc
rail and metro traction substations power during currents of any value breaking.
distribution systems.
AFB® stands out for its vacuum interrupter
The main innovation of AFB® is the main increased mechanical/electrical wear
contact operation in vacuum and arc-free resistance, which highly determines the life
current switching principle. Pre-charged cycle of circuit breaker — minimum 25 years
high-voltage capacitor generates current to without necessity of mechanical and electrical
interrupt short-circuit current in antiphase components periodic replacement.

AFB® COMMUTATION LIFE IS

3 х 50 000
SWITCHINGS

LOWEST MAINTENANCE

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AFB® BENEFITS

Improved performance Protections

/ ultra-high speed of short-circuit currents / built-in measurement and protection

breaking due to application of high-speed system allows precise adjustment of
mechanical drive (opening time 1 ms); settings and provides high response
speed;
/ arc-free principle of currents switching
reliably ensures short-circuit currents / built-in overcurrent protection and high
breaking (total break time — maximum di/dt protection allow detecting and
4 ms) and low load currents breaking; breaking all types of short circuits in line;

/ fault currents breaking resource is / built-in line test function increases the
much higher than the one of a circuit circuit breaker service life due to hard
breaker with traditional switching and arc fault closing blocking.
interruption.

Safety Maintenance

/ no plasma emission during short-circuit / no arc chute and, thereby, no need for its
currents breaking due to switching in maintenance;
vacuum interrupter;
/ no need for the main circuit contact
/ no combustion products and their deposits system maintenance during operation,
on the circuit breaker components and on due to absence of combustion products on
the switchgear units; AFB® components;

/ reduction of fire risk due to no open / no need for inspection, maintenance and
plasma formation area during switching; replacement of vacuum interrupter until
the end of its mechanical life along with
/ built-in disconnector ensuring safety of
a large number of switching cycles with
operational switching.
maximum value of short-circuit currents.

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 AFB® BENEFITS

Compliance with international and

European standards

AFB® is developed and manufactured

according to EN 50123-2/IEC 61992-2,
EN 50123-3, IEC 60947-3 standards
requirements.

/ high wear resistance

/ long lifetime
/ operational costs saving

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COMPONENTS

Vacuum interrupter

/ high switching wear resistance

/ no open arc

/ reduction of circuit breaker work space

Electrodynamic tripping drive

/ high-speed contacts opening system

/ breaking speed does not depend on short

circuit current value

Disconnector

/ high dynamic stability

/ long mechanical life

/ maintenance-free

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 COMPONENTS

Control and internal monitoring

system

Control and internal monitoring system

provides complete all-sufficient control of
circuit breaker, and fulfills all necessary
functions, including protection, as well as
remote control and measurement, etc.

Circuit breaker can be remotely measured

and controlled via isolated RS-485 interface,
Modbus RTU protocol. Besides, discrete
signals control is available via isolated
discrete inputs and outputs with external
power supply.

System functions:

/ all circuit breaker components and parts / output of the system status data and
operation control; measurements for the upper level;

/ continuous diagnostics of circuit breaker / built-in HMI (LCD with keyboard

units; for adjustment of the main system
parameters);
/ receipt of control signals from the upper
level (via discrete signals and isolated / switching overvoltages protection system
RS-485 interface, Modbus RTU protocol); control.

/ built-in power current and voltage

measurement system;

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Structurally AFB® control system consists of
3 modules:

Processor module: Thyristors control module:

/ provides all data processing intelligent / provides galvanic isolation and pulses
functions; generation for thyristors control.

Measurement module:

/ provides power voltage measurement

and data transfer to processor module;

INTELLIGENT CONTROL, PROTECTION

AND DIAGNOSTICS

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 PROTECTION FUNCTIONS

Control system has built-in adjustable

protection functions:
- overcurrent protection (IО);
- Imax protection;
- di/dt protection.

I, kA
nearby fault
Imax making
current

line center fault

Imax making
current
Imax setting
current

time interval zone

di/dt protection
making current

di/dt

t, ms
moment of di/dt protection
setting reaching and tripping Imax
making current
moment of Imax moment of
protection setting Imax protection
reaching setting reaching

moment of Imax
protection tripping
Imax and di/dt
protections operation

Overcurrent protection (IО) di/dt protection

Overcurrent protection is activated when In case of the set di/dt exceed, protection
measured current value exceeds the set value is activated before overcurrent and Imax
(setting) without time delay. protection setting is reached. Thus, the fault
time is reduced and maximum short circuit
current is limited. It helps to significantly
Imax protection increase the circuit breaker lifetime, and
reduce the number of substation equipment
Imax protection is activated when measured
failures, eliminate contact network cables
current value exceeds the set value (setting)
burn off, etc.
within the specified time interval (time delay).

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STRUCTURE

AFB®
D

B C

Single line diagram

A. Switching vacuum interrupter with the D. The main switching capacitor is rated for
main contact opening and closing control operating voltage 1000 V and is activated by
system. switching via power thyristors. The capacitor
charge is constantly monitored by control
B. The main contact closing control coil is system.
activated by switching via thyristor to a pre-
charged capacitor. E. Built-in line tester. The line is tested
optionally. It can be tested before each
C. The main contact opening control coil is tripping of the circuit breaker.
rated for operating voltage 1000 V and is
activated by switching via thyristor to a pre- F. Reverse diode is provided for load currents
charged capacitor. The capacitor charge is shunting during forward breaking.
constantly monitored by control system.

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 OPERATING CONCEPT

Before the circuit breaker tripping control The opening coil magnetic field influences
system tests: auxiliaries voltage, high-voltage breaking mechanism, which actuates vacuum
opening and interrupting capacitors voltage, interrupter moving contact, thereby vacuum
interrupting thyristors and shunting diodes interrupter power contacts open.
proper functioning. Closing is possible both
Arc starts between contacts upon their
with preliminary line test and without it.
opening, and is interrupted by power, stored in
pre-charged high-voltage capacitor. Capacitor
Closing
discharge current is switched in antiphase to
Pre-charged low-voltage capacitors battery the main current of power circuit. The arc is
provides circuit breaker closing by closing coil interrupted at the moment, when currents
actuation with closing thyristor. algebraic sum is zero. Afterwards the contacts
open and interrupt power circuit.

Operational breaking
Fault breaking
Circuit breaker control system actuates
opening thyristor on receiving breaking Fault breaking has similar to operational
command. When thyristor opens, the power breaking principle. In this case, the signal
stored in high-voltage opening capacitor is for breaking is measurements from current
switched to opening coil. sensor, installed in the circuit breaker main
power circuit, and processed by AFB® control
system microcontroller according to specified
algorithms.

line power current

line power current

interrupting
current
line power current interrupting current

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BREAKING CHARACTERISTICS

I, kA

100

f mode

<25 kA
SHORT-CIRCUIT
CURRENT LIMITING
UNDER PEAK RATED
e, d mode
VALUE

100 kА 25

CONTACTS OPENING t, ms
10 20 30
TIME IS

1 ms

AFB® provides high-speed power contact Power stored in circuit dissipates in load circuit
opening and circuit breaker di/dt tripping upon high inductivity load tripping
before short-circuit current setting reaching. (e, d mode according to EN 50123-2/IEC
Contacts opening time is 1 ms. 61992-2). This eliminates overvoltage and
circuit breaker components wear (under
High-speed electrical circuit tripping under
forward current direction). Power stores
nearby fault (f mode according to EN 50123-2/
in capacitor, or dissipates on resistor upon
IEC 61992-2) leads to current limitation at the
reverse current breaking.
early stage of short circuit growth. This reduces
electrodynamic load on conductive parts. AFB® provides secure low current breaking,
and as a result, circuit breaker contacts
damage prevention.

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 WORK SPACE SAVING

No arc in circuit breaker compartment leads

to no special requirements to insulation
gaps, and thus, to significant reduction of
circuit breaker workspace, switchgear overall
dimensions and substation space saving.

HALF THE SIZE OF

WORK SPACE

Circuit breaker work space

in switchgear
no special requirements
to approximation gaps
approximation
gaps

Circuit breaker with AFB® arc-free circuit breaker

standard switching

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MAIN TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AFB®
ARC-FREE CIRCUIT BREAKER

AFB 25 AFB 40

Voltage
Maximum operating voltage Umax V DC 1000
Insulation voltage UNm V DC 1800
Test impulse voltage UNi kV DC 10
Maximum switching overvoltage. Zone B
acc. to EN50124.2
(<20 ms) V DC <2500 <6000

Current
Rated service current INe А DC 2500 4000
Duty class acc. to IEC 60146-1-1 - VI

Short-circuit current
Steady-state short-circuit current INss kA 80
Peak of the short-circuit current ȊNss kA 100
Maximum breaking current Imax kA 25
Forward current di/dt limit kA/ms 20

Time
Contacts opening time ms <1
Total break time ms <4

Breaking current setting range

- forward breaking current setting range A 400 - 7500 500 - 12000
- reverse breaking current setting range A 400 - 3750 500 - 7500

Weight and size parameters

Circuit breaker weight kg 215 300
Circuit breaker overall dimensions:
Width mm 475 475
Height mm 810 1050
Depth (Length) mm 955 955

Additional data
Commutation life switchings 3 x 50 000
Protection level - IP 00
Auxiliaries supply voltage V DC 110, 220

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 OPERATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SAFETY

Switchgear with Switchgear with

standard circuit breaker AFB® arc-free circuit breaker

No damaging thermal and dynamic effect (restriction of the use of certain hazardous
of arc provides increased safety and no substances) directives, and apply materials
contaminating combustion products. with minimum environmental impact in our
production.
PLUTON is certified in concordance with
ISO 14001:2015 international environmental
safety standard. We comply with RoHS

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