A Study on the Application of a Superconducting Fault Current Limiter for Energy Storage Protection in a Power Distribution System

Author

Won-Sik Moon ; Jong-Nam Won ; Jae-Sun Huh ; Jae-Chul Kim

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Soongsil Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

23

Issue

3

fYear

2013

fDate

Jun-13

Firstpage

5603404

Lastpage

5603404

Abstract

This paper presents the application of a superconducting fault current limiter to energy storage for protection in a power distribution system. An energy storage system is increasingly being used to help renewable energy resources integrate into the grid. It is important to keep an energy storage system interconnected with the grid without interruption and to supply electrical power to the grid. The main objective of this paper is to introduce a superconducting fault current limiter to keep the energy storage system from disconnecting from the grid when ground faults occur. Its effect is analyzed using transient simulation software.

Keywords

energy storage; power distribution; power grids; power system interconnection; superconducting fault current limiters; electrical power supply; energy storage protection; energy storage system; grid disconnection; ground faults; power distribution system; renewable energy resources; superconducting fault current limiter application; transient simulation software; Circuit faults; Energy storage; Fault current limiters; Fault currents; Integrated circuit interconnections; Power distribution; Energy storage; fault current; interconnecting transformer; superconducting fault current limiter;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2013.2238594

Filename

6409412