Cooperative Control of SFCL and SMES-Battery HESS for Mitigating Effect of Ground Faults in DC Microgrids

Abstract

DC fault is one of the most important and critical challenges for stable operation of DC microgrids. Resistive type superconducting fault current limiter (R-SFCL) is an ideal protective solution to limit DC fault current. However, the effect of only using SFCL may further deteriorate the DC bus voltage stability. This paper first analyzes the effect of R-SFCL on DC microgrid under different operation modes and different fault locations, and then presents a coordinated control method of SMES-battery hybrid energy storage system (HESS) and SFCL in ground fault. This method can not only reduce the fault current level but also regulate the DC bus voltage. Finally, the comparative study is conducted in PSCAD/EMTDC, the feasibility and superiority of the proposed method is verified.