Resistive superconducting fault current limiter simulation and design

Resistive superconducting fault current limiters (SFCL) are characterized by very fast transition to the resistive state, automatic recovery after current fault and simple structure. SFCL simulations include thermal and electrical nonlinear model analysis. In this paper few mathematical models for the effective analysis of thermo-electrical processes in resistive superconducting fault current limiter are presented. Basing on the developed models an effective algorithm for optimization model was established.