Title :
Survey of Solid-State Fault Current Limiters
Author :
Abramovitz, Alexander ; Smedley, Keuye Ma
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents a comparative survey of research activities and emerging technologies of solid-state fault current limiters for power distribution systems.
Keywords :
fault current limiters; power distribution faults; power distribution protection; power semiconductor devices; power distribution system; solid state fault current limiters; Bridge circuits; Circuit breakers; Circuit faults; Fault currents; Inductors; Thyristors; Varistors; Fault current; fault current limiter (FCL); protection; short circuit current; superconductive FCL;
Journal_Title :
Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPEL.2011.2174804
