Progress on superconducting current limitation project for the French electrical grid

Author

Verhaege, T. ; Cottevieille, C. ; Weber, W. ; Thomas, P. ; Therond, P.G. ; Laumond, Y. ; Bekhaled, M. ; Pham, V.D.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France

Volume

30

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1907

Lastpage

1910

Abstract

Electricite de France, GEC ALSTHOM and Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, initiated in project for the definition, experimental validation and economic evaluation of superconducting fault current limiters adapted to the French grid system. As a first step, a device of 63 kV-1.25 kA is investigated, which has the function to limit the 25 kA fault current at 5300 A_peak. A very compact and low-inductance design has been selected, based on resistive limitation. Considerations concerning the general design, conductor protection, high voltage insulation, cryogenic system and interaction with the grid, are developed in this paper

Keywords

limiters; power system protection; power transmission; superconducting cables; 1.25 kA; 25 kA; 5300 A; 63 kV; Alcatel Alsthom Recherche; Electricite de France; French electrical grid; GEC ALSTHOM; conductor protection; cryogenic system; economic evaluation; experimental validation; high voltage insulation; low-inductance design; resistive limitation; superconducting current limitation project; superconducting fault current limiters; Collaboration; Conductors; Cryogenics; Current limiters; Power generation economics; Superconducting coils; Superconducting filaments and wires; Superconducting transmission lines; Transformers; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.305635

Filename

305635