Summary
In an electric power system, switchgear is the combination of electrical disconnect switches, fuses or circuit breakers used to control, protect and different parts of electrical grids. The state-of-art of switchgears are gas insulated switchgears (GIS) that use sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) as insulating medium, and are therefore responsible for 188 Mt CO2-e of emissions annually.
Nuventura has developed a switchgear, which uses pressurized dry air instead of SF6 as insulating medium. It improves on all the functional advantages of GIS, but has zero environmental footprint. Today it is only a prototype, but tomorrow it will decarbonize the electricity grid that is growing to satisfy the increasing demand for power.
Nuventura has developed a switchgear, which uses pressurized dry air instead of SF6 as insulating medium. It improves on all the functional advantages of GIS, but has zero environmental footprint. Today it is only a prototype, but tomorrow it will decarbonize the electricity grid that is growing to satisfy the increasing demand for power.
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| Web resources: | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/836966 |
| Start date: | 01-01-2019 |
| End date: | 30-04-2019 |
| Total budget - Public funding: | 71 429,00 Euro - 50 000,00 Euro |
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In an electric power system, switchgear is the combination of electrical disconnect switches, fuses or circuit breakers used to control, protect and different parts of electrical grids. The state-of-art of switchgears are gas insulated switchgears (GIS) that use sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) as insulating medium, and are therefore responsible for 188 Mt CO2-e of emissions annually.Nuventura has developed a switchgear, which uses pressurized dry air instead of SF6 as insulating medium. It improves on all the functional advantages of GIS, but has zero environmental footprint. Today it is only a prototype, but tomorrow it will decarbonize the electricity grid that is growing to satisfy the increasing demand for power.
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CLOSEDCall topic
EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020Update Date
26-10-2022
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