APPARATUS FOR THE GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND/OR THE USAGE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY, IN PARTICULAR ELECTRICAL SWITCHING DEVICE

• Main Authors: ANDERSON, Ryan-Gerald, CLAESSENS, Max-Steffen, MANTILLA FLOREZ, Javier
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.03.2022
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS, OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLYOR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; GENERATION; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; RELAYS; SELECTORS; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

The present application relates to an apparatus for the generation, transmission, distribution and/or usage of electrical energy, the apparatus including a housing enclosing an insulation space and an electrically conductive part arranged in the insulation space, wherein the insulating space contains a dielectric fluid including carbon dioxide and oxygen. In the apparatus an oxidation catalyst is arranged that includes noble metal particles coated onto or embedded into a carrier and serves for the catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide.