Structure and Performance Characteristics of Saturated Iron-core Superconducting Fault Current Limiter

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AbstractSuperconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) is a kind of short-circuit current limiting device for power grid. It's a new application of superconducting technology on power equipments. Saturated Iron-core Superconducting fault current limiter (SISFCL) is one of many types of SFCL. It takes the advantage that no quenching occurs in superconducting wires during fault current limiting process. The immediately reacting and fast recovering are also its main characteristics. The structure and function of SISFCL is similar to that of traditional transformer and current limiting reactor respectively. Based on mature technologies on design and manufacture of iron core and windings of transformers, SISFCL could be made at the same voltage level as traditional transformers. But there are also significant differences between them. SISFCL will offer an effective solution to limit short-circuit current in future HV or EHV power systems because of its peculiar structures and properties. In this paper, we introduce the structure and characteristics of the SISFCL developed by Innopower. It may help readers to understand SISFCL and its enormous application value for power grids.Keywords: Superconducting Fault Current LimiterShort-circuit currentQuenchTraditional current limiting reactor Additional informationNotes on contributorsXiaoye NiuXiaoye Niu was born in Hebei, China, on October 25, 1973. She received a B.S. from Yanshan University in 1998, and a M.E. from Beihang University Beijing in 2012. She is engaged in the study of transformers and reactors.