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Yves PELENC : Honorary Scientific Director Merlin Gerin - Former Professor at the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble
INTRODUCTION
Updated reprint of article published in 1988
For the time being, the use of direct current (DC) is still not widespread in high-voltage applications. However, the study of phenomena linked to its interruption is a prerequisite whose pedagogical virtues are irreplaceable when it comes to understanding AC outage problems in the best possible conditions.
High-voltage AC switchgear is covered in the following sections
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Interruption of DC-powered circuits
The problem of interrupting direct currents
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