97%
Response time <500 µs
Lifetime >30 000 cycles, >30 years
Nuisance trips <0.59
MVDC projects around the world
Table 6-1 ARPA-e BREAKERS program circuit breaker performance goals
Category Target
Rated voltage 1-100 DC
Power MW
Efficiency >99.1 percent
Power density >60 MW/m3
Cooling passive forced air
Individual projects funded under the BREAKERS
program included:
§ EDISON: Efficient interrupter with surge
protection (Georgia Tech)
§ ARC-SAFE: Accelerated response semi-
conducting contactors and surge attenuation
for electrical systems (Sandia National
Laboratories)
§ Ultra efficient intelligent MVDC hybrid circuit
breaker (Eaton Corporation)
§ T-Type modular circuit breaker for future
DC networks (The Ohio State University)
§ Ultra-fast resonant breaker (Marquette
University)
§ Inline gas discharge tube breaker for meshed
MVDC grids (General Electric Global Research)
§ Resonant solid-state breakers based on
wireless coupling MVDC systems (Drexel
University)
