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Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A

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Analytical Nonlinear Reluctance Model Of A Single-Phase Saturated Core Fault Current Limiter, Philip A. Commins, Jeffrey W. Moscrop Jan 2013

Analytical Nonlinear Reluctance Model Of A Single-Phase Saturated Core Fault Current Limiter, Philip A. Commins, Jeffrey W. Moscrop

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A

A saturated core fault current limiter (FCL) is a device that is designed to limit the fault currents in electrical energy networks and consequently, protect existing network equipment from damage. Due to complex nonlinear magnetic properties, the performance of saturated core FCLs has largely been characterized through experimentation and finite-element analysis simulations. Although both of these techniques are quite accurate, they are time consuming and do not describe the behavior of FCLs in actual electrical networks. This has led to an increasing demand for an accurate analytical model that is suitable for transient network analyses. This paper presents the development …


Experimental Analysis Of The Magnetic Flux Characteristics Of Saturated Core Fault Current Limiters, Jeffrey W. Moscrop Jan 2013

Experimental Analysis Of The Magnetic Flux Characteristics Of Saturated Core Fault Current Limiters, Jeffrey W. Moscrop

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A

A fault current limiter (FCL) is a device that is designed to reduce the impact of fault currents on electricity networks and increase the availability of such networks to consumers. One particular FCL technology that is currently attracting worldwide attention, from both researchers and commercial engineering companies, is the saturated core FCL. This device utilizes the change in permeability between the saturated and unsaturated states of a magnetic core to provide both low steady state losses and effective fault current limiting. Typically the core is saturated using an electromagnetic coil, which can be either superconducting or non-superconducting. Although there have …