3-Phase Fault Current Limiter for distribution systems

Author

Sood, Vijay K. ; Alam, Shahabur

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que.

fYear

2006

fDate

12-15 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

An EMTP RV based study to limit fault currents in a distribution system using a 3-phase version of a solid-state fault current limiter (SSFCL) is presented. For demonstration purposes, two types of distribution systems have been considered: a single-source radial system and a multiple-source distribution system with a bus-tie. Simulations have been done for different types of faults to show that the SSFCL is effective for limiting fault currents. Comparisons are also made with a single-phase version of the SSFCL which had been previously presented.

Keywords

power distribution faults; power distribution protection; 3-phase fault current limiter; EMTP RV; SSFCL; distribution systems; multiple-source distribution system; single-source radial system; solid-state fault current limiter; Circuit breakers; Circuit faults; EMTP; Fault current limiters; Fault currents; Inductors; Power supplies; Solid state circuits; Transformers; Windings; Solid state fault current limiter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, 2006. PEDES '06. International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9772-X

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9772-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDES.2006.344259

Filename

4147966