Principle and characteristics of a fault current limiter with series compensation

Author

Sugimoto, S. ; Kida, J. ; Arita, H. ; Fukui, C. ; Yamagiwa, T.

Author_Institution

Electr. Power Res. & Dev. Center, Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc., Nagoya, Japan

Volume

11

Issue

2

fYear

1996

fDate

4/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

842

Lastpage

847

Abstract

A power system fault current limiter with series compensation, which is composed of a compensation capacitor and a limiting reactor in series, is proposed. A solid-state switch connected in parallel with the capacitor controls either the ordinal series compensation or fault current limitation. A feasibility study of the current limiter by simulation analysis is presented and the effectiveness of the current limiter is evaluated from the viewpoints of transient stability improvement and device capacity. The current limiter is a useful protection device for large, high power transmission systems

Keywords

compensation; current limiters; overcurrent protection; power capacitors; power system protection; power system stability; power system transients; reactive power; transmission networks; compensation capacitor; fault current limiter; limiting reactor; ordinal series compensation; power system; series compensation; simulation analysis; solid-state switch; transmission systems; Analytical models; Capacitors; Current limiters; Fault current limiters; Fault currents; Inductors; Power system faults; Power system simulation; Solid state circuits; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.489342

Filename

489342