SWITCHGEAR EQUIPMENT FOR ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION GRIDS

Switchgear equipment for electric power distribution grids including a plurality of switching modules, each of which comprises an outer casing defining an internal volume that is filled with an insulating gas, first module terminals electrically couplable with corresponding first conductors of an electric line and second module terminals electrically couplable with corresponding second conductors of an electric line.Each switching module comprises a switching device having a reduced size.Said switchgear equipment comprises one or more first switching modules and one or more second switching modules.Each first switching module comprises said switching device and a fuse assembly electrically connected in series between said first and second module terminals and accommodated in the internal volume of said first switching module.Each second switching module comprises said switching device electrically connected in series between said first and second module terminals and accommodated in the internal volume of said second switching module.