Development of resistive fault current limiters based on YBCO coated conductors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1950-1955

  Neumueller, Heinz Werner ^a   Schmidt, Wolfgang ^a   Kraemer, Hans Peter ^a   Otto, Alex ^b   Maguire, Jim ^b   Yuan, Jie ^b   Folts, Doug ^b   Romanosky, Walter ^b   Gamble, Bruce ^b   Madura, David ^b   Malozemoff, Alex P ^b   Lallouet, Nicolas ^c   Ashworth, Stephen P ^d   Willis, Jeffrey O ^d   Ahmed, Syed ^e  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Nexans France   (France)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault current limiter; High temperature superconductor (HTS); Power distribution; Transmission networks; YBCO

Indexed keywords

FAULT CURRENT LIMITER; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR (HTS); POWER DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; YBCO;

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; FERRITE DEVICES; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIMITERS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS;

EID: 68649124500     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2017902     Document Type: Conference Paper

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