A novel 7.2 kV fault current limiter for use in the FREEDM Project

Author

Prigmore, Jay ; Karady, George

Author_Institution

Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

7-10 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper presents a novel fault current limiter topology that is designed to limit the fault current to two times the rated current. The proposed topology is a possible solution for fault management in the Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Project. Comparing existing devices, the proposed device offers low conduction losses, near instantaneous response time (μs) and is able to withstand the power requirements long enough for circuit breakers to operate. The ac semiconductor switch is made up from 10 kV/10A SiC MOSFETs and a low voltage preliminary experimental model has been built and successfully tested.

Keywords

circuit breakers; fault current limiters; field effect transistor switches; losses; network topology; renewable energy sources; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; AC semiconductor switch; FREEDM project; SiC; SiC MOSFET; circuit breakers; conduction losses; current 10 A; fault current limiter topology; fault management; future renewable electric energy delivery and management project; instantaneous response time; power requirements; voltage 10 kV; voltage 7.2 kV; Circuit faults; Fault currents; Impedance; MOSFETs; Silicon carbide; Switches; Voltage control; Distribution System; Energy Dissipation; Fault Current Limiter; Power Dissipation; Power MOSFET; Power Semiconductor Switches; Power System Protection; Silicon Carbide; Smart Grids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), 2012 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

2160-8555

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1934-8

Electronic_ISBN

2160-8555

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC.2012.6281397

Filename

6281397