What are Reclosers in Power Systems – Article PDF Handbook Download

A special type of medium-voltage circuit breaker used to quickly interrupt and re-establish power in distribution lines is called a recloser. Reclosers are designed to trip if ever a distribution line suffers a “transient” (momentary) fault due to some natural event such as a lightning strike causing an insulator to “flash over” to ground or a tree branch touching one or more line conductors, then automatically re-close moments later to test whether or not the fault still persists. In this short Article Handbook you will learn working of reclosers, how they look like and how their role in electric power systems. Want to read online instead of downloading, click here to read article or download to later reading.