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Fault current limiter

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1096782

A fault current limiter (FCL) includes a series of high permeability posts for collectively define a core for the FCL. A DC coil, for the purposes of saturating a portion of the high permeability posts, surrounds the complete structure outside of an enclosure in the form of a vessel. The vessel contains a dielectric insulation medium. AC coils, for transporting AC current, are wound on insulating formers and electrically interconnected to each other in a manner such that the senses of the magnetic field produced by each AC coil in the corresponding high permeability core are opposing. There are insulation barriers between phases to improve dielectric withstand properties of the dielectric medium.

Research Organization:
Zenergy Power Pty Ltd (Wollongong, AU)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Assignee:
Zenergy Power Pty Ltd (Wollongong, AU)
Patent Number(s):
8,553,384
Application Number:
13/215,647
OSTI ID:
1096782
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

The high voltage problem in the saturated core HTS fault current limiter journal April 2003

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