Design Aspects and Test of an Inductive Fault Current Limiter

Magnetic shielding inductive fault current limiters with high temperature superconducting tapes are considered as emerging devices that provide technology for the advent of modern power grids. The development of such limiters requires magnetic iron cores and leads to several design challenges regard...

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Main Authors: Arsénio Pedro, Vilhena Nuno, Murta-Pina João, Pronto Anabela, Álvarez Alfredo
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Language:English
Published: Riga Technical University Press 2014-05-01
Series:Electrical, Control and Communication Engineering
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/ecce-2014-0006
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author Arsénio Pedro
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Murta-Pina João
Pronto Anabela
Álvarez Alfredo
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description Magnetic shielding inductive fault current limiters with high temperature superconducting tapes are considered as emerging devices that provide technology for the advent of modern power grids. The development of such limiters requires magnetic iron cores and leads to several design challenges regarding the constitutive parts of the limiter, namely the primary and secondary windings. Preliminary tests in a laboratory scale prototype have been carried out considering an assembly designed for simplicity in which the optimization of the magnetic coupling between the primary and secondary was not the main focus. This work addresses the design configuration of an inductive current limiter prototype regarding the assembly of the primary and secondary windings in the core. The prototype is based on a closed magnetic core wound by a primary, built from a normal electric conductor, and a short-circuited secondary, built from first generation superconducting tape. Four different design configurations are considered. Through experimental tests, the performance of such prototype is discussed and compared, in terms of normal and fault operation regimes. The results show that all the configurations assure effective magnetic shielding at normal operation regime, however, at fault operation regime, there are differences among configurations.
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spelling doaj-art-2467378364944c8d94dea812baae13112025-08-20T02:56:44ZengRiga Technical University PressElectrical, Control and Communication Engineering2255-91592014-05-0151404510.2478/ecce-2014-0006ecce-2014-0006Design Aspects and Test of an Inductive Fault Current LimiterArsénio Pedro0Vilhena Nuno1Murta-Pina João2Pronto Anabela3Álvarez Alfredo4PhD Student, Nova University of LisbonPhD Student, Nova University of LisbonProfessor, Nova University of LisbonProfessor, Nova University of LisbonProfessor, University of ExtremaduraMagnetic shielding inductive fault current limiters with high temperature superconducting tapes are considered as emerging devices that provide technology for the advent of modern power grids. The development of such limiters requires magnetic iron cores and leads to several design challenges regarding the constitutive parts of the limiter, namely the primary and secondary windings. Preliminary tests in a laboratory scale prototype have been carried out considering an assembly designed for simplicity in which the optimization of the magnetic coupling between the primary and secondary was not the main focus. This work addresses the design configuration of an inductive current limiter prototype regarding the assembly of the primary and secondary windings in the core. The prototype is based on a closed magnetic core wound by a primary, built from a normal electric conductor, and a short-circuited secondary, built from first generation superconducting tape. Four different design configurations are considered. Through experimental tests, the performance of such prototype is discussed and compared, in terms of normal and fault operation regimes. The results show that all the configurations assure effective magnetic shielding at normal operation regime, however, at fault operation regime, there are differences among configurations.https://doi.org/10.2478/ecce-2014-0006fault current limitershigh-temperature superconductorspower gridsshort-circuit currents
spellingShingle Arsénio Pedro
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Design Aspects and Test of an Inductive Fault Current Limiter
Electrical, Control and Communication Engineering
fault current limiters
high-temperature superconductors
power grids
short-circuit currents
title Design Aspects and Test of an Inductive Fault Current Limiter
title_full Design Aspects and Test of an Inductive Fault Current Limiter
title_fullStr Design Aspects and Test of an Inductive Fault Current Limiter
title_full_unstemmed Design Aspects and Test of an Inductive Fault Current Limiter
title_short Design Aspects and Test of an Inductive Fault Current Limiter
title_sort design aspects and test of an inductive fault current limiter
topic fault current limiters
high-temperature superconductors
power grids
short-circuit currents
url https://doi.org/10.2478/ecce-2014-0006
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