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Modelling of Resistive Type Superconducting Fault Current Limiter for HVDC Grids

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  • Guillermo García

    (Ingeteam Power Technology, 48170 Zamudio, Spain)

  • D. Marene Larruskain

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48013 Bilbao, Spain)

  • Agurtzane Etxegarai

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48013 Bilbao, Spain)

Abstract

The protection of high voltage direct current (HVDC) grids is a challenge considering that the protection system must detect, locate, and interrupt large fault currents in a few milliseconds. Resistive type superconducting fault current limiters (R-SFCL) can help solve that difficult task, reducing the extremely demanding ratings of HVDC circuit breakers. This paper presents different approaches to model R-SFCLs in order to analyze their suitability for assessing the performance of HVDC grid protection, including the step model, the exponential model, the RQ model, and the magneto-thermal model. In the first instance, the R-SFCL models are evaluated in a test grid to analyze their parameterisation and select the most adequate model for the study of HVDC grids. The RQ model is finally chosen for its simplicity but closer behavior to the magneto thermal model in terms of fault resistance dependency and resistance evolution curve. Then, the performance of an RQ type R-SFCL model in conjunction with a mechanical circuit breaker is evaluated in a multiterminal HVDC grid with different fault cases. This way, fault currents are greatly decreased as well as circuit breaker requirements. Hence, the R-SFCL under study enables a reliable protection of the HVDC grid.

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  • Guillermo García & D. Marene Larruskain & Agurtzane Etxegarai, 2022. "Modelling of Resistive Type Superconducting Fault Current Limiter for HVDC Grids," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-20, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:13:p:4605-:d:846337
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    1. Shen, Boyang & Chen, Yu & Li, Chuanyue & Wang, Sheng & Chen, Xiaoyuan, 2021. "Superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL): Experiment and the simulation from finite-element method (FEM) to power/energy system software," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 234(C).
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    1. Janusz Kozak, 2022. "Forces and Stresses in the Windings of a Superconducting Fault Current Limiter," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-15, September.

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