USING SUPERCONDUCTING FAULT CURRENT LIMITER (SFCL) BY
Nagarathna M C 2SD13EPS07 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
Prof. H. Vijay Murthy CONTENTS INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY LITERATURE REVIEW PROBLEM FORMULATION ABOUT SFCL FUTURE WORK EXPECTED OUTCOME
INTRODUCTION
The electrical power of good quality is essential for proper operation of all electronic equipment, power electronics based loads and microprocessor based controlled loads. The power quality disturbances decrease the efficiency of system equipment such as inductive loads, power electronic devices, generators. Therefore the issue of power quality is very important to both the consumers and the utility of electric power. Large-scale power systems are required to meet the increasing demand for electricity. For such systems, the fault current that occurs for short-circuit faults is higher and existing breakers may not be suitable for current interruption. To address these issues, Conventional solutions to fault current over-duty such as major substation upgrades, splitting existing substation busses or multiple circuit breaker upgrades could be very expensive and require undesirable extended outages and result in lower power system reliability. The application of superconducting fault current limiters (SFCL) in high voltage power systems is very attractive from the technical and economical point of view. At present there exist no conventional devices to limit peak short-circuit currents in high voltage power systems. Superconducting fault current limiters offer attractive solutions for system optimization and also enable a more efcient asset management. Therefore, worldwide attempts are made to develop SFCLs for high voltage power systems. In September 2005, the German BMBF funded project CULT 110 started to develop the rst prototype of a superconducting fault current limiter for 110 kV and 1.8 kA.
OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY
OBJECTIVES: To reduce the Fault Current by Super Conducting Fault Current Limiter. To improve the Power quality of Power System under faulty conditions.
METHODOLOGY: The power Quality improvement at different faulty conditions of the power system is to be carried out with the help of SFCL in an integrated power system. The modeling is carried out by using the MATLAB/SIMULINK Software which helps in proper modeling and accurate analysis of the power system network. LITERATURE REVIEW Jin-Seok Kim, Sung-Hun Lim, and Jae-Chul Kim, Study on Protective Coordination for Application of Superconducting Fault Current Limiter, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, VOL. 21, NO. 3, JUNE 2011.
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PROBLEM FORMULATION
Increasing demand for electricity and the restructuring of the power transmission system resulting from deregulation and the increased level of distributed and renewable energy generation can lead to fault current levels above the capability of existing switchgear. A viable solution is to install a current-limiting device that is self-triggering, rapidly activated within a few milliseconds, and failsafe. Fault current limiters (FCLs) are widely acknowledged as the preferable solution from the technological and economical points of view. Superconducting fault-current limiters normally operate with low impedance and are "invisible" components in the electrical system. In the event of a fault, the limiter inserts impedance into the circuit and limits the fault current. With current limiters, the utility can provide a low-impedance, stiff system with a low fault-current level. ABOUT SFCL WORKING PRINCIPLE OF SFCL SFCL consists of the transformer with ariable coupling magnetic circuit and the non-inductance superconducting coil. There are two connection mode (left-series connection, right- parallel connection). The transformer secondary winding of the SFCL is much more than the primary windings so that the current of superconducting coil is limited. When a fault occurs, the current of superconducting coil reached a critical value. Then the coil quenched, the resistance increases. For the series type, the majority of current is into the primary winding primary winding and is limited by reactance. For the parallel type, the increase of the superconducting resistance converted to the primary side, thus short-circuit current is limited.
Structure of SFCL FEATURES OF SFCL
Ultra-fast response fault currents are limited within the first half-cycle Intrinsic safety fault currents are limited automatically without an external trigger No interruption of power supply fault currents of any strength are limited to a pre- defined level Self-recovering property system automatically returns to superconducting state after a fault incident Modular design fault current limiting capacity can be adjusted to the grid environment FUTURE WORK Gathering of real time data. Analyzing present fault current limiting methods. Analyzing the existing methods for SFCL for power quality improvement. Attempt to develop a model of SFCL that can be connected to a Power system. For different fault conditions analysis is carried out. The modeling is carried out by using the MATLAB/SIMULINK Software which helps in proper modeling and accurate analysis of the power system network.
EXPECTED OUTCOME
Limit the fault current. Improved Current and Voltage profile. Improved Power quality under different faulty conditions. Power system is safe and reliable.