A DC-Reactor-Based Solid-State Fault Current Limiter for HVdc Applications

Amir Heidary; Hamid Radmanesh; Kumars Rouzbehi; Josep Pou

doi:10.1109/TPWRD.2019.2894521

A DC-Reactor-Based Solid-State Fault Current Limiter for HVdc Applications

Amir Heidary, Hamid Radmanesh^*, Kumars Rouzbehi, Josep Pou

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Abstract

Expansion of high-voltage dc (HVdc) systems to multi-terminal HVdc (MT-HVdc) systems/grids considerably increases the short-circuit levels. In order to protect the emerging MT-HVdc systems/grids against fault currents, proper dc fault current limiters (FCLs) must be developed. This paper proposes an innovative high inductance solid-state dc-reactor-based FCL (HISS-DCRFCL) to be used in HVdc applications. In fact, during the HISS-DCRFCL normal operation, its inductance value is extremely low, and its value becomes considerably high during the fault period, which decreases the fault current amplitude. The proposed HISS-DCRFCL performance is analyzed by MATLAB/Simulink and the simulation results are verified and confirmed by laboratory experimental results using a scaled-down laboratory prototype setup.

Original language	English
Article number	8620515
Pages (from-to)	720-728
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
Volume	34
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2019.2894521
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

dc-reactor
fault current limiters
HVdc
protection
smart grids

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