Abstract
Superconducting fault current limiters are considered as emerging devices for the advent of modern power grids. Those limiters as well as other electric power grid applications have been developed in the last years in order to support the increased penetration of dispersed generation. The development of such limiters requires new design tools that allows to simulate those devices in electrical power grids with different voltage ratings and characteristics. This work presents a methodology to simulate the behaviour of saturated core type limiters based on its characteristic curves. A prototype is tested to obtain its characteristic and then the methodology is implemented in Simulink. The simulation carried out by the proposed methodology is compared with a real test.
Keywords
References
Moon, W., Won, J., Huh, J., Kim, J.: A Study on the Application of a Superconducting Fault Current Limiter for Energy Storage Protection in a Power Distribution System. IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 23, 5603404 (2013)
Lee, P.J.: Applications and Related Technology. Engineering superconductivity, p. 391. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2001)
Raju, B.P., Parton, K.C., Bartram, T.C.: A Current Limiting Device Using Superconducting D.C. Bias Applications and Prospects. IEEE Power Eng. Rev. PER-2, 34–35 (1982)
Moriconi, F., De La Rosa, F., Darmann, F., Nelson, A., Masur, L.: Development and Deployment of Saturated-Core Fault Current Limiters in Distribution and Transmission Substations. IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 21, 1288–1293 (2011)
Xin, Y., Gong, W., Niu, X., Cao, Z., Zhang, J., Tian, B., Xi, H., Wang, Y.: Development of Saturated Iron Core HTS Fault Current Limiters. IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 17, 1760–1763 (2007)
Xin, Y., Gong, W.Z., Sun, Y.W., Cui, J.B., Hong, H., Niu, X.Y., Wang, H.Z., Wang, L.Z., Li, Q., Zhang, J.Y., Wei, Z.Q., Liu, L., Yang, H., Zhu, X.H.: Factory and Field Tests of a 220 kV/300 MVA Statured Iron-Core Superconducting Fault Current Limiter. IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 23, 5602305 (2013)
Shahbazi, Y., Niayesh, K., Mohseni, H.: Finite element methode analysis of performance of inductive saturable-core fault current limiter. In: 2011 1st International Conference on Electric Power Equipment - Switching Technology, pp. 352–355. IEEE (2011)
Pina, J.M., Suárez, P., Neves, M.V., Álvarez, A., Rodrigues, A.L.: Reverse engineering of inductive fault current limiters. J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 234, 032047 (2010)
Pina, J.M., Pereira, P., Pronto, A., Arsénio, P., Silva, T.: Modelling and Simulation of Inductive Fault Current Limiters. Phys. Procedia. 36, 1248–1253 (2012)
Arsenio, P., Silva, T., Vilhena, N., Pina, J.M., Pronto, A.: Analysis of Characteristic Hysteresis Loops of Magnetic Shielding Inductive Fault Current Limiters. IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 23, 5601004 (2013)
Vilhena, N., Arsenio, P., Pina, J., Pronto, A., Alvarez, A.: A methodology for modelling and simulation of saturated cores fault current limiters. IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 1–1 (2014)
Bitzer, B., Gebretsadik, E.S.: Cloud computing framework for smart grid applications. In: 2013 48th International Universities’ Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), pp. 1–5. IEEE (2013)
Behzadirafi, S., Salehfar, H.: Using superconducting fault current limiters to enhance the reliability of power transmission systems. In: IEEE PES General Meeting, pp. 1–8. IEEE (2010)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
About this paper
Cite this paper
Vilhena, N., Arsénio, P., Murta-Pina, J., Pronto, A.G., Álvarez, A. (2015). Development of a Simulink Model of a Saturated Cores Superconducting Fault Current Limiter. In: Camarinha-Matos, L., Baldissera, T., Di Orio, G., Marques, F. (eds) Technological Innovation for Cloud-Based Engineering Systems. DoCEIS 2015. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 450. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16766-4_44
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16766-4_44
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-16765-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-16766-4
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)