Quenching Characteristics of Different Types of Superconducting Fault Current Limiting Modules

Author

Liu, X. ; Wen, J. ; Sheng, J. ; Zeng, W. ; Ma, J. ; Wang, Y. ; Li, Z.Y. ; Jin, Z. ; Hong, Z.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China

Volume

25

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

Jun-15

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Quenching characteristic is one of the most important characteristics of superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs). Recently, the designs of SFCLs have been developing rapidly. Because of the influences of electrical inductance and heat dissipation, different types of SFCL could behave quite differently during quenching process. In this paper, the quenching characteristics of several different individual SFCL modules have been investigated. Special attention has been paid to the limited current and structural features between them. The elementary types of YBCO thin-film wires are solenoid and pancake. Different types of superconducting fault current limiting modules were connected in series to evaluate their advantages and disadvantages. Results in this paper could be helpful to optimize the designs of SFCLs in space utilization and energy efficiency.

Keywords

superconducting fault current limiters; superconducting magnets; wires (electric); yttrium compounds; SFCL modules; YBCO; YBCO thin-film wires; electrical inductance; energy efficiency; heat dissipation; pancake; quenching process; solenoid; space utilization; superconducting fault current limiting modules; Coils; Copper; Fault currents; Iron; Limiting; Solenoids; Yttrium barium copper oxide; Quenching characteristics; Superconducting fault current limiters; YBCO coated conductors; quenching characteristics; short current; short-current; superconducting fault current limiters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2014.2386312

Filename

6998940