polyfuse

Polyfuses is a new standard for circuit protection .It is re-settable by itself. Many
manufactures also call it as Polyswitch or Multifuse. Polyfuses are not fuses but
Polymeric Positive temperature Coefficient Thermistors (PPTC).

We can use several circuit protection schemes in power supplies to provide

protection against fault condition and the resultant over current and over
temperature damage. Current can be accomplished by using resistors, fuses,
switches, circuit breakers or positive temperature coefficient devices.

Surge Current Protection using Superconductors

Modern Power Systems are growing fast with more generators, transformers and
large network in the systems. The installation, running and maintenance costs of
the power system equipment are more. Whenever a fault occurs, there is a need for
the protection of these systems. Power System Protection is a branch of electrical
power engineering that deals with the protection of electrical power systems from
faults through the isolation of faulted parts from the rest of the electrical network.
Superconductors are one of the last great frontiers of scientific discovery. Here, in
this paper we discuss the use of Super Conductors as protective devices for Surge
Current Protection. Superconductors conduct electricity offering zero resistance
below certain temperatures. We study different types of super conductor fault
current limiters and their working.

Clean electricity

Clean electricity is electrical power that is free from voltage spikes and drops.
Voltage ripple or noise that is outside the ideal sine waveform is sometimes
referred to as dirty electricity or electrical pollution. The quality of electricity is
influenced by everything up to and in between the electricity provider and the
electronic equipment in question. An uninterruptable power supply (UPS) can help
protect electronics when local power is dirty.

lightning protection using lfa-m

A long flashover arrester (LFA), which comprises of three flashover modules

using the creeping discharge effect, is described in this paper. In this design, the
total arrester stressing voltage is applied simultaneously to all of the three modules
so that the voltage-time characteristics of the arresters are improved. It assured
reliable protection of medium voltage (e.g., 10kv) over head power line against
both induced over voltages and direct lightning strokes. A single LFA per support
or pole is found to be sufficient to protect an over head line against induced over
voltages. An LFA should be arranged in parallel with each insulator in order to
protect a line against direct lightning