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Journal of Mechanical Engineering ›› 2022, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (17): 105-115.doi: 10.3901/JME.2022.17.105

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Reliability Analysis of Fast Transfer Switch under Multiple Degradation Factors

JIANG Wentao1, LIU Xiaoming2,3, ZHANG Xusong3, CHEN Hai3, LI Peiyuan3   

  1. 1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387;
    2. State Key of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401;
    3. Hebei International Joint Research Center for Reliability and Intelligence of Modern Electrical Equipment, Tianjin 300401
  • Received:2021-09-07 Revised:2021-12-18 Published:2022-11-07
  • Contact: 国家自然科学基金(52177139)和河北省自然科学基金重点(E2020202086)资助项目。

Abstract: Fast transfer switch is the core equipment to realize uninterrupted power supply for sensitive loads. Its reliability is the premise of stable operation of power supply system, but its reliability is affected by many factors such as contact wear, opening and closing capacitor aging and mechanism permanent magnet demagnetization. Moreover, the reliability analysis of this kind of electrical equipment during its service cycle has the characteristics of high experimental cost and imperfect standard. In order to accurately evaluate the reliability of fast transfer switch, a calculation method of reliability of fast transfer switch based on the degradation parameters of weak units is proposed. Firstly, the degradation law of key failed devices is studied combined with the prototype test database to determine the weak unit of fast transfer switch. Based on the measured contact wear data of vacuum arc extinguishing unit and opening capacitance capacity of opening and closing driving unit, the dynamic contact wear and opening capacitance parameter distribution considering the change of impact wear coefficient are obtained respectively. Then, in order to reduce the finite element calculation time cost of large sample fast switching switch, a neural network mechanical characteristic prediction model of fast switching switch is established. Finally, by introducing the sampled degraded parameter database into the prediction model, the reliability analysis of fast switching system under the constraint of performance index is realized. The results show that the weakest link in the reliability of the transfer switch is the electrolytic capacitor of the driving unit and the contact of the arc extinguishing chamber. When the opening time is less than 8 ms, the reliability is 0.768 after 5000 times of opening and closing.

Key words: fast transfer switch, multivariate degradation, magnetic damage, grey system, contact erosion

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