The application relates to a bidirectional direct-current
circuit breaker, a rated breaking method and a short-circuit breaking method, and belongs to the technical field of fault protection of a direct-current medium-
high voltage power
system. The bidirectional direct-current
circuit breaker comprises a parallel main switch
branch, a
voltage-limiting energy-dissipating
branch and a
coupling commutation shutdown
branch. The bidirectional direct-current
circuit breaker provided by the application can realize breaking of different currents of the
system under different operating conditions, such as a rated condition or a short-circuit condition, by controlling conduction of thyristors in the
coupling commutation shutdown branch, only one set of
pulse discharge circuit is used, current transfer and reliable shutdown of a large-capacity direct-current
system under a high-current change rate short-circuit condition can be realized at the same time, and the bidirectional direct-current circuit breaker has the advantages of small size, strong
breaking capacity, convenient control and reclosing function under a short-circuit fault condition.