限流断路器与普通断路器的区别与联系

断路器是自动开关，其脱扣器的时间是可以调节的，所以这里就有个阈值问题，比如到了10倍额定电流之后，其脱口时间就是不超过0.02s了。而熔断器却没有这个特点，根据电流的大小有不同的熔断时间，越大越快速，那么限流断路器就是根据这个思想应运而生的，所以限流断路器又可以称之为快速断路器。因此并不是所有的断路器都是限流断路器current -limit breaker。

 not every MCCB is Current Limiting (CL).

There are more than one type of CL MCCB. The main ones are fused and fuseless. In a fused MCCB, the case of the breaker has fuse holders and fuses are inserted that, although much higher than what the MBBC trip settings are set at, will act to limit the total amount of let-through current if it exceeeds the MCCB rating.

In a fuseless CL MCCB, the current power path inside the MCCB ismanipulated so that the magnetic forces that surround conductors are used to provide a mechanical advantage in the case of a high current fault so that the contacts of the breaker are opened faster than the simple mechanical springs can act. The current is fed through a horseshoe shaped set of copper solid conductors so that the magnetic fields surrounding them end up opposing each other. So the higher the fault current, the FASTER the contacts will be forced open, effectiviely limiting the peak value of the let-through current.

 

A current limiting circuit breaker is a high speed breaker that can open in 8.3 mS or less, thereby limiting the current through the circuit because it never reaches the peak Short Circuit current.
The let-through current is the current that will actually flow through the circuit. These breakers has special TCCs that show what the let-through current is for an available short circuit current. In the current limiting range, high short circuit current you can see the reduction, in the lower current ranges, the current is about the same as the short circuit current.