Temperature Characteristic of High-Tc Coated Conductor by Numerical Method When a Fault Current Flows

Author

Choi, Sukjin ; Kim, Young Jae ; Chang, Ki Sung ; Jang, Jae Young ; Lee, Sangjin ; Ko, Tae Kuk

Author_Institution

Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

21

Issue

3

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1233

Lastpage

1237

Abstract

The superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) is a protection device for an electric power system. In other to design the SFCL, the temperature of the HTS tapes should be calculated under the over-current caused by fault condition. The structure and property of HTS tape have an effect on the temperature. In this paper, finite element method is performed to estimate the temperature characteristic of HTS coated conductor (CC) under the over-current. Three kinds of CCs are modeled and analyzed with respect to the internal resistance. In order to prove the reliability of the simulation method, the results from the electrical and thermal analysis are compared with the experimental data. On the basis of results, the proposed results in this study can be utilized to design HTS CC for the SFCL.

Keywords

finite element analysis; high-temperature superconductors; overcurrent protection; power system reliability; superconducting fault current limiters; superconducting tapes; HTS tapes; electric power system; electrical analysis; fault current flows; finite element method; high-temperature coated conductor; internal resistance; overcurrent; protection device; reliability; superconducting fault current limiter; temperature characteristic; thermal analysis; Conductors; Fault currents; High temperature superconductors; Resistance; Simulation; Temperature; Temperature measurement; Coated conductor; fault condition; finite element method; superconducting fault current limiter; temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2010.2094172

Filename

5677561