Which is the most serious problem in vacuum circuit breaker?

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  1. Poor arc quenching
  2. Low thermal stability
  3. Current chopping
  4. All of the above 

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Option 3 : Current chopping
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Current chopping in circuit breaker is defined as a phenomenon in which current is forcibly interrupted before the natural current zero.

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We can derive the voltage across the capacitor during current chopping

\(\frac{L{{I}^{2}}}{2}=\frac{C{{V}^{2}}}{2}\)

\(V=\frac{1}{\sqrt{L/C}}\)

Current Chopping is mainly observed in the vacuum circuit breaker and air blast circuit breaker. There is no such phenomenon in oil circuit breaker.

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