Transmission Level High Temperature Superconducting Fault Current Limiter

Technical Report · Wed Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1327898· OSTI ID:1327898

Stewart, Gary ^[1]

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1. SuperPower, Inc., Schenectady, NY (United States)

The primary objective of this project was to demonstrate the feasibility and reliability of utilizing high-temperature superconducting (HTS) materials in a Transmission Level Superconducting Fault Current Limiter (SFCL) application. During the project, the type of high-temperature superconducting material used evolved from 1^st generation (1G) BSCCO-2212 melt cast bulk high-temperature superconductors to 2^nd generation (2G) YBCO-based high-temperature superconducting tape. The SFCL employed SuperPower's “Matrix” technology, that offers modular features to enable scale up to transmission voltage levels. The SFCL consists of individual modules that contain elements and parallel inductors that assist in carrying the current during the fault. A number of these modules are arranged in an m x n array to form the current-limiting matrix.

• Research Organization: SuperPower, Inc., Schenectady, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: FC36-03GO13033
• OSTI ID: 1327898
• Report Number(s): DOE-SUPERPOWER-13033; TRN: US1700035
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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