Novel medium voltage fault current limiter based on polymer PTC resistors

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 425-430

  Strumpler R ^a   Skindhoj J ^a   Glatz Reichenbach, J ^a   Kuhlefelt, J H W ^b   Perdoncin, F ^c  

^a ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c ABB   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FUSES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; POLYMERS; POSISTORS; POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

MEDIUM VOLTAGE SYSTEM; POLYMERIC MATRIX; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION;

LIMITERS;

EID: 0033116928     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.754084     Document Type: Article

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