Comparison of superconducting fault current limiter in power system

Due to its ideal electrical behavior, the superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) has become one of the most important development trends of limiters in power systems. This paper summarizes the main electrical behaviors of SFCL, including the relationship between SFCL's working current and the quench current of the superconducting coil (SC), and the relationship between equivalent fundamental frequency impedance of SFCL and normal state resistance of SC. Operation losses and response time of SFCL are also discussed. The paper analyzes different influences of quench type SFCL and nonquench type SFCL on waveforms and total harmonic distortion (THD) of line current and node measurement impedance. Electromagnetic simulation is adopted to analyze the characteristics of the SFCL.

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