Applications of superconducting Fault Current Limiters in electric power transmission systems

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART II, 2005, Pages 2130-2133

  Kovalsky, Leonard ^a   Yuan, Xing ^a   Tekletsadik, Kasegn ^a   Keri, Albert ^b   Bock, Joachim ^c   Breuer, Frank ^c  

^a SUPERPOWER INC   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER   (United States)

^c Nexans SuperConductors GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circuit breakers; Cryogenics; Current limiting reactor; Fault current; Fault current limiter; High temperature super conductor

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

CURRENT LIMITING REGULATORS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS (FCL); VOLTAGE REGULATION PROBLEMS;

LIMITERS;

EID: 22044432042     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849471     Document Type: Conference Paper

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