Fault Current Limiting Operations of Three-Phase Transformer Type SFCL Using Two Common Connection Points Between Secondary Windings

Abstract

Three-phase transformer type superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) using two common connection points between secondary windings, which consisted of three-phase transformer windings wound on three legs of E-I iron core and two/three superconducting modules (SCMs), were suggested and its fault current limiting operations according to ground-fault types were analyzed. To verify the effective operation of the three-phase transformer type SFCL using two common connection points between secondary windings, the unsymmetrical ground and the symmetrical ground faults were applied into three-phase power simulated system with the suggested SFCL. For the comparison, the ground faults were generated into three-phase transformer type SFCL with two/three SCMs. Through analysis on the test results, the SFCL with two SCMs was confirmed to have no different fault current limiting operation from the SFCL with three SCMs. The structure of E-I iron core with three magnetically coupled legs and the constitution of three secondary windings with two common connection points were analyzed to be contributed to the same fault current limiting operation. Furthermore, the power consumption and the joule energy of the SCMs comprising both the SFCL with two SCMs and the SFCL with three SCMs during the fault period had shown to be almost the same except for the transient period due to the quench time difference in case of the single-line ground fault.