A silicon carbide fault current limiter for distribution systems

2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 4972-4977

  Liu, Yusi ^a   Farnell, Chris ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Escobar Mejía, Andrés ^a   Mantooth, H Alan ^a   Balda, Juan Carlos ^a   Ang, Simon S ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Silicon carbide; Solid state fault current limiter; Super gate turnoff thyristor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SILICON CARBIDE; THYRISTORS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

CURRENT CIRCUITS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FAULTED SECTIONS; GATE TURN-OFF THYRISTORS; SERIES-CONNECTED; SIC PIN DIODES; SOLID STATE FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS;

FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS;

EID: 84934300085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2014.6954083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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