Reliability enhancement of the fast switch in a hybrid superconducting fault current limiter by using power electronic switches

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1843-1846

  Hyun, Ok Bae ^a   Sim, Jungwook ^b   Kim, Hye Rim ^a   Park, Kwon Bae ^b   Yim, Seong Woo ^a   Oh, Il Sung ^b  

^a Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI)   (South Korea)

^b LS Industrial Systems Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fast switch; Hybrid type; IGCT; Power electronic switch; Superconducting fault current limiter

Indexed keywords

FAST SWITCH; HYBRID TYPE; IGCT; POWER ELECTRONIC SWITCH; SUPERCONDUCTING FAULT CURRENT LIMITER;

CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; LIMITERS; RELIABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRIC LINES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SWITCHES; THYRISTORS; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS;

EID: 68649105209     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2018369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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