Operating characteristics of oval-shaped resistive superconducting fault current limiter

Hyun Chul Jo, Ki Sung Chang, Young Jae Kim, Sung Yul Chu, Hyung Jun Kim, Ho Min Kim, Yong Soo Yoon, Tae Kuk Ko

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Abstract

In order to limit fault current from an accident in power grid, many research groups have developed resistive superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs) with a bifilar solenoid and a bifilar pancake types. Comparing with a bifilar solenoid type, a bifilar pancake type has the advantage of its volume, but it has problems such as recovery and insulation of SFCLs. To eliminate the drawback of these two types, in this paper, a new type of coil that is an oval-shaped SFCL, have proposed. This type consists of inner and outer layers which are connected in parallel. A small-scale sample coil was fabricated and experiments for both a short circuit test and recovery characteristic test were performed in liquid nitrogen. Experimental results were compared with two types of coils; the bifilar solenoid and bifilar pancake coil. Consequently, we confirmed the feasibility of an oval-shaped type.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5704214
Pages (from-to)1246-1249
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Volume21
Issue number3 PART 2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Jun

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Manuscript received August 03, 2010; accepted December 11, 2010. Date of publication January 28, 2011; date of current version May 27, 2011. This research was supported by National R&D Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2009-0082742).

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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