Utility perspective on Fault Current Limiters and expected synergies from integrating Fault Current Limiters with superconducting cables

IEEE Power and Energy Society 2008 General Meeting: Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, PES

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Duggan, P M ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Con Edison of New York ^*

Author keywords

Fault Current Limiter; Short circuit current; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

CABLES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FERRITE DEVICES; LIMITERS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

21ST CENTURY; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; FAULT CURRENT LIMITER; FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS; FAULT CURRENT LIMITING; FCL DEVICES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; POWER SYSTEMS; SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENT;

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS;

EID: 52349101764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PES.2008.4596510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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