Mitsubishi Electric Receives Order for 84kV Dry Air Insulated Switchgear from Electric Power Company in Japan
16 Julio 2024 - 9:10PM
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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today
that it has received an order from Kansai Transmission and
Distribution, Inc. (Osaka, Japan) for its 84kV dry air insulated
switchgear, a new environmentally friendly, greenhouse gas-free
product for use in gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) to be installed
in substations. Mitsubishi Electric is the first company in Japan
to develop GIS which does not utilize greenhouse gases, with two of
the main components—vacuum interrupter (VI) and vacuum circuit
breaker—developed in-house.
GIS and other types of switchgear are used to switch power
routes and protect equipment from current spikes that may occur
during system faults. Since delivering Japan’s first 84kV GIS in
1968, Mitsubishi Electric has supplied switchgear for use in
electric power grids all over the world, helping to provide stable
electric power supplies for over half a century. However, current
switchgear uses sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas, which has a global
warming potential (GWP) approximately 24,300 times that of CO2.
Although SF6 gas emissions from equipment have been minimized, the
development of switchgear that does not use SF6 gas has been
progressing in response to the recent demand for a reduction in
environmental impact and the establishment of regulations to limit
the use of SF6 gas.
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