The application belongs to the technical field of
vacuum arc-extinguishing chambers, and particularly relates to a large-capacity
vacuum arc-extinguishing chamber and a working method. The large-capacity
vacuum arc-extinguishing chamber comprises a vacuum insulation shell, a
contact system arranged in the vacuum insulation shell, a rated current through-flow
branch and an arc current through-flow
branch arranged in parallel, a dynamic main contact and a static main contact matched with each other, a part of the static main contact penetrating through the vacuum insulation shell and exposed to an external environment to form a heat dissipation structure, an arc current through-flow
branch comprising an inner arc contact, an outer arc contact and a
magnetic field assembly electrically connected with the inner arc contact and the outer arc contact and used for generating a
magnetic field for controlling an arc during opening and closing, and a conductive rod arranged at the upper and lower ends of the vacuum insulation shell and electrically connected with the
contact system. The large-capacity vacuum arc-extinguishing chamber can meet the requirements of high rated current, large breaking current, high efficient heat dissipation and
high voltage insulation, and overcomes the defects of mutual restriction of multiple performances in the prior art.