Fault Current Limiting and Breaking Characteristics of SFCLB Using Flux Coupling with Tap Changer
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Structure and Operational Principle
2.1. Structure
2.2. Operational Principle
3. Experimental Setup
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Component | Parameter | Value | Unit |
---|---|---|---|
Driving Circuit | |||
MS (FP1, FP2, MP) | Thickness | 3 | mm |
Diameter of Each Plate | 100 | mm | |
Material | Aluminum | ||
Distance between Two Fixed Plates | mm | ||
Bobbin | Cylindrical Form | 100 | mm |
Height | |||
Outer Diameter | 120 | mm | |
Inter Diameter | |||
Turn Number | 120 | Turns | |
Driving Coil (ND) | Turn Number | 300 | Turns |
Coupled Coils with Tap Changer | |||
Iron Core | Vertical Length of Outer Edge | 235 | mm |
Height of Outer Edge | 250 | mm | |
Vertical Length of Inner Edge | 137 | mm | |
Height of Inner Edge | 155 | mm | |
Thickness | 132 | mm | |
Permeability Ratio(μr) | 8000–10,000 | H/m | |
Coupled Coils | Turn Number of Primary Coil (N1) | 45 | Turns |
Turn Number of Secondary Coil (N2) | 15 | Turns | |
Turn Number of Tertiary Coil (N3) | 120 | Turns | |
Superconducting Module (SCM) | |||
Material | YBCO | ||
Fabrication form | Film Type | ||
Total Line Length | 420 | mm | |
Line width | 2 | mm | |
Thickness of Whole Film | 0.3 | μm | |
Thickness of Gold Layer | 0.2 | μm | |
Critical Temperature (TC) | 87 | K | |
Critical Current (IC) | 27 | A | |
Three HTSC Modules (SC1, SC2, SC3) Connected in Parallel | |||
Total Critical Current | 81 | A |
Operational Sequential Time | t1 (s) | t2 (s) | t3 (s) | t4 (s) | t5 (s) |
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Description | Quench starting time | Approaching time to first peak value | Starting time of breaking operation | Opening time of CB | Approaching time into zero value of SCM current |
Series Connection | 0.60090 | 0.60196 | 0.60557 | 0.61088 | 0.62452 |
Parallel Connection | 0.60290 | 0.60480 | 0.63610 | 0.64072 | 0.66076 |
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Lim, S.-H.; Kim, J.-O.; Jeong, Y. Fault Current Limiting and Breaking Characteristics of SFCLB Using Flux Coupling with Tap Changer. Energies 2020, 13, 5138. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13195138
Lim S-H, Kim J-O, Jeong Y. Fault Current Limiting and Breaking Characteristics of SFCLB Using Flux Coupling with Tap Changer. Energies. 2020; 13(19):5138. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13195138
Chicago/Turabian StyleLim, Sung-Hun, Jin-O. Kim, and Youngjin Jeong. 2020. "Fault Current Limiting and Breaking Characteristics of SFCLB Using Flux Coupling with Tap Changer" Energies 13, no. 19: 5138. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13195138
APA StyleLim, S. -H., Kim, J. -O., & Jeong, Y. (2020). Fault Current Limiting and Breaking Characteristics of SFCLB Using Flux Coupling with Tap Changer. Energies, 13(19), 5138. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13195138