Feasibility of electric power transmission by DC superconducting cables

Author

Chowdhuri, Pritindra ; Pallem, Chandralekha ; Demko, Jonathan A. ; Gouge, Michael J.

Author_Institution

Center for Energy Syst. Res., Tennessee Technol. Univ., Cookeville, TN, USA

Volume

15

Issue

4

fYear

2005

Firstpage

3917

Lastpage

3926

Abstract

The electrical characteristics of dc superconducting cables of two power ratings were studied: 3 GW and 500 MW. Two designs were considered for each of the two power ratings. In the first design, the SUPPLY stream of the cryogen is surrounded by the high-voltage high-temperature superconductor cylinder. The RETURN stream of the cryogen is on the grounded side of the system. In the second design, both the SUPPLY and the RETURN streams of the cryogen are on the grounded side of the cable. Two electrical characteristics of these cables were studied: 1) fault currents and 2) current harmonics. It was concluded that neither the fault currents nor the current harmonics pose any problems in the operation of the dc superconducting cables.

Keywords

cryogenics; fault currents; high-temperature superconductors; power cables; power transmission lines; superconducting cables; 3 GW; 500 MW; cryogen; current harmonics; dc superconducting cables; electric power transmission; electrical characteristics; fault currents; high-voltage high-temperature superconductor cylinder; power transmission lines; return stream; supply stream; Costs; Dielectric losses; Electric variables; Fault currents; High temperature superconductors; Power cables; Power overhead lines; Refrigeration; Superconducting cables; Superconductivity; DC superconducting cable; high-temperature superconductivity; power transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2005.859046

Filename

1549922