Progress in Development of Superconducting Fault Current Limiting Transformer (SFCLT)

We have been developing Superconducting Fault Current Limiting Transformer (SFCLT), which has multifunction of both a superconducting transformer in a steady state as well as a superconducting fault current limiter in a fault condition. This paper introduces the progress in our SFCLT project since 1998, from Step-1 to the latest Step-5, with the concept, design, fabrication and test results of SFCLT. In the latest Step-5, we developed a 2 MVA, 22/6.6 kV class SFCLT with YBCO coated conductors and verified the fundamental function as a transformer, effective current limiting function as a fault current limiter, and recovery characteristics after the fault clearance with its operational criterion.

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