A Study on a Protection System for Low Voltage DC Distribution System based on Solid State Fault Current Limiter

Author(s):  
Chul-Ho Noh ◽  
Nam-Gyu Hong ◽  
Jin-Woo Park ◽  
Se-Jin Chung ◽  
Seung-Hyun Sohn ◽  
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Author(s):  
Khánh Bạch Quốc

Abstract - One of popular and effective solutions to voltage sag mitigation is the use of custom power devices (CPD) like dynamic voltage restorers (DVR). On the other hand, fault current limiter FCL) also has impacts on voltage sags caused by faults. This paper introduces a new combination between DVR and solid-state fault current limiter (SSFCL) that can further improve global performance of voltage sags due to faults in distribution system. The location of DVR-SSFCL combination is optimally selected basing on minimizing a global index - SARFIX. In optimizing DVR-SSFCL combination’s placement, various cases of parameters relating with its ratings are considered and discussed. The paper uses IEEE’s 33-bus distribution system for modeling voltage sag due to faults and DVR-SSFCL combination’s effectiveness on global voltage sag mitigation.


Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 322
Author(s):  
Hyeong-Jin Lee ◽  
Jin-Seok Kim ◽  
Jae-Chul Kim ◽  
Sang-Yun Yun ◽  
Sung-Min Cho

As the application of low-voltage-direct-current system increases, fault analysis in the low-voltage-direct-current system has essential because the fault response has different from the conventional AC distribution system. Especially, the fault current by the discharge current of the capacitor in the low-voltage-direct-current distribution system has very large compared with the conventional AC distribution system. Therefore, this paper proposed the application of the superconducting fault current limiter for limiting the fault current on the low-voltage-direct-current system. As one of the protected methods against fault current, the superconducting fault current limiter which could quickly limit the fault current has been noticed as an attractive method. However, the protection relay may malfunction such as over current relay, selective protection relay due to limiting fault current by applying superconducting fault current limiter. Therefore, in this paper proposed a solution to malfunction problem of the protection relay using the voltage components of the high temperature superconductivity. This paper verified the effect of the proposed method through test modelling and PSCAD/EMTDC.


Energies ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 4839-4852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shimin Xue ◽  
Feng Gao ◽  
Wenpeng Sun ◽  
Botong Li

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Bitencourt ◽  
Daniel H. N. Dias ◽  
Bruno W. França ◽  
Felipe Sass ◽  
Guilherme G. Sotelo

The increase in demand for electric power and the insertion of a distributed generation led to the rise of the short-circuit current in substations. Most of these Brazilian substations were designed decades ago, because of that their equipment may not support the new short-circuit current levels. To protect the installed equipment and avoid excessive costs replacing old devices, it is possible to install Fault Current Limiters (FCLs). This document is a report from an R&D project that evaluated FCL topologies considering real parameters in simulation from used equipment, concluding that the selected FCL topologies accomplished their technical objective. However, before implementing these topologies in the distribution system, one should consider the technical and economic feasibility of using semiconductor switching devices.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 338
Author(s):  
Leslie Tracy ◽  
Praveen Kumar Sekhar

In this study, a low voltage solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) was implemented for a DC distribution system using commercially available components. The design process of the high-side static switch was enabled through a voltage bias. Detailed functional testing of the current sensor, high-side switch, thermal ratings, analog to digital conversion (ADC) techniques, and response times of the SSCB was evaluated. The designed SSCB was capable of low-end lighting protection applications and tested at 50 V. A 15 A continuous current rating was obtained, and the minimum response time of the SSCB was nearly 290 times faster than that of conventional AC protection methods. The SSCB was implemented to fill the gap where traditional AC protection schemes have failed. DC distribution systems are capable of extreme faults that can destroy sensitive power electronic equipment. However, continued research and development of the SSCB is helping to revolutionize the power industry and change the current power distribution methods to better utilize clean renewable energy systems.


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