The invention discloses an
arc extinction device and method for a transmission and distribution line and relates to the technical field of protection of a power
system. According to the technical scheme, an
arc extinction mechanism is arranged at one side of a fixed insulator string, the
arc extinction mechanism comprises an arc extinguisher, starting rods, an upper yoke plate and a lower yoke plate, the upper part of the insulator string is connected with the arc extinguisher, the arc extinguisher is connected with one end of the upper starting rod, and the lower part of the insulator stringis connected with one end of the lower starting rod. The arc
extinction device has the beneficial effects that compared with an existing
lightning protection gap, the device has the advantages of being capable of
quenching power-flow current and guaranteeing that a line does not trip. Compared with a
zinc-
oxide arrester, the arc
extinction device has the advantages of being switched off rapidly, having long service life, and being capable of
cutting large industrial frequency current. Compared with an existing air-jet arc
extinction lightning protection gap technology, the device has the advantages of being capable of
cutting power-flow current timely and reliably, being reusable and having long service life.