Development and Test of a Superconducting Fault Current Limiter-Magnetic Energy Storage (SFCL-MES) System

Author

Zhao, Caihong ; Wang, Zikai ; Zhang, Dong ; Zhang, Jingye ; Du, Xiaoji ; Guo, Wengyong ; Xiao, Liye ; Lin, Liangzhen

Author_Institution

Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

2007

fDate

6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2014

Lastpage

2017

Abstract

A superconducting fault current limiter-magnetic energy storage (SFCL-MES) system for substation applications is proposed. SFCL-MES system can limit not only the peak fault current, but also the steady fault current. Moreover, it can provide high-quality power for the critical customers of the substation at the same time. A 100 kJ/1000 A/20 kVA SFCL-MES prototype system is developed, and it mainly consists of a NbTi magnet with two coaxial and homocentric solenoids for reducing stray field, a three-half-bridge converter and a current regulator. The principle of SFCL-MES is analysed, the design and experiment results for the SFCL-MES system are described.

Keywords

fault current limiters; magnetic levitation; magnetic storage; superconducting devices; type II superconductors; NbTi - Binary; current 1000 A; energy 100 kJ; Coaxial components; Energy storage; Fault currents; Niobium compounds; Prototypes; Substations; Superconducting magnetic energy storage; Superconducting magnets; System testing; Titanium compounds; Fault current; NbTi magnet; high-quality power; superconducting fault current limiter-magnetic energy storage (SFCL-MES);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2007.899825

Filename

4277842