The new generation of superconductor equipment for the electric power grid

High-temperature superconductor (HTS) power equipment, such as power cables, synchronous condensers, fault current limiters (FCLs), and transformers, are poised to address key technical issues in the U.S. Power grid. This equipment is enabled by the successful development of robust long-length HTS w...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity 2006-03, Vol.16 (1), p.54-58
Main Author: Malozemoff, A.P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Cables
Compensation
Electric power generation
Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering
Electrical power engineering
Electricity distribution
Electronics
Exact sciences and technology
Fault current limiter (FCL)
High temperature superconductors
Mesh generation
power cable
Power cables
Power generation
Power networks and lines
Power systems
Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices
Superconducting cables
Superconducting devices
Superconducting filaments and wires
Superconducting transmission lines
Superconductivity
superconductor
Superconductors
Synchronous
synchronous condenser
Transformers
Underground power cables
Valleys
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Summary:High-temperature superconductor (HTS) power equipment, such as power cables, synchronous condensers, fault current limiters (FCLs), and transformers, are poised to address key technical issues in the U.S. Power grid. This equipment is enabled by the successful development of robust long-length HTS wire, available commercially from a variety of manufacturers worldwide. Compared to conventional cables, HTS power cables offer higher capacity with minimal disturbance to neighboring underground infrastructure, and their low series impedance opens the opportunity for cost-effective power flow control with phase angle regulators. HTS cables are being actively prototyped worldwide. Based on technology developed for industrial and ship propulsion motors, an HTS synchronous condenser has been developed and successfully tested in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) grid; this is the first HTS power equipment to be offered commercially. It addresses the growing need for dynamic reactive power compensation for grid stability and power quality. HTS FCLs and transformers are also in active development
ISSN:1051-8223
1558-2515
DOI:10.1109/TASC.2006.870837