Comparison and Analysis of Impedance According to the Winding Method of Superconducting Element Connected to DC Circuit Breaker

DC Interruption technology is essentially required as DC systems and microgrids have increased. The Interruption technology also includes current limiting technology. Until now, many hybrid Interruption technologies have been proposed in which a semiconductor element or a superconducting element is...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity 2022-09, Vol.32 (6), p.1-5
Main Authors: Kim, Geon-Woong, Choi, Hyo-Sang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Circuit breakers
Circuit faults
Circuits
Coils (windings)
Distributed generation
fault current limiters
Fault currents
Impedance
Inductance
Interruption
magnetic cores
Resistance
RLC circuits
Solenoids
superconducting coils
Superconductivity
Winding
Windings
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Summary:DC Interruption technology is essentially required as DC systems and microgrids have increased. The Interruption technology also includes current limiting technology. Until now, many hybrid Interruption technologies have been proposed in which a semiconductor element or a superconducting element is combined with a mechanical DC circuit breaker. In this paper, an interrupting test was performed by combining a superconductor and a DC circuit breaker. The advantage of circuit breakers combined with superconducting elements is that they do not cause losses and effectively limit the fault current. When the fault occurs, if the fault current exceeds the critical value of the superconducting material, resistance occurs in the superconducting element. The fault current is limited by the resistance generated during quenching and resonates due to the LC divergence oscillation circuit. The current flowing through the mechanical circuit breaker reaches zero-point by resonance. After that, the mechanical breaker is completely opened, and the fault current is interrupted. Superconducting elements exhibit different characteristics depending on their winding method, material, and length. The purpose of this study is to comparatively analyze solenoid and toroid coil type superconducting elements. Both types are made with the same number of turns, permeability, and length. As a result of the experiment, the toroid coil has generated more impedance than the solenoid coil.
ISSN:1051-8223
1558-2515
DOI:10.1109/TASC.2022.3161864