A Multi-Inductor H Bridge Fault Current Limiter
Current power systems will suffer from increasing pressure as a result of an upsurge in demand and will experience an ever-growing penetration of distributed power generation, which are factors that will contribute to a higher of incidence fault current levels. Fault current limiters (FCLs) are key...
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doaj-ca86f322d91249f58959247e897a0a212020-11-24T21:28:26ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922019-07-018779510.3390/electronics8070795electronics8070795A Multi-Inductor H Bridge Fault Current LimiterAmir Heidary0Hamid Radmanesh1Ali Moghim2Kamran Ghorbanyan3Kumars Rouzbehi4Eduardo M. G. Rodrigues5Edris Pouresmaeil6Electrical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, 15875-4413 Tehran, IranElectrical Engineering Department, Aeronautical University of Science and Technology, 15914 Tehran, IranElectrical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, 15875-4413 Tehran, IranElectrical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, 15875-4413 Tehran, IranDepartment of System Engineering and Automatic Control, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, SpainManagement and Production Technologies of Northern Aveiro—ESAN, Estrada do Cercal 449, Santiago de Riba-Ul, 3720-509 Oliveira de Azeméis, PortugalDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Aalto University, 02150 Espoo, FinlandCurrent power systems will suffer from increasing pressure as a result of an upsurge in demand and will experience an ever-growing penetration of distributed power generation, which are factors that will contribute to a higher of incidence fault current levels. Fault current limiters (FCLs) are key power electronic devices. They are able to limit the prospective fault current without completely disconnecting in cases in which a fault occurs, for instance, in a power transmission grid. This paper proposes a new type of FCL capable of fault current limiting in two steps. In this way, the FCLs’ power electronic switches experience significantly less stress and their overall performance will significantly increase. The proposed device is essentially a controllable H bridge type fault current limiter (HBFCL) that is comprised of two variable inductances, which operate to reduce current of main switch in the first stage of current limiting. In the next step, the main switch can limit the fault current while it becomes open. Simulation studies are carried out using MATLAB and its prototype setup is built and tested. The comparison of experimental and simulation results indicates that the proposed HBFCL is a promising solution to address protection issues.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/8/7/795fault current limitermicrogrid protectionpower qualityfault currentH bridge |
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Amir Heidary Hamid Radmanesh Ali Moghim Kamran Ghorbanyan Kumars Rouzbehi Eduardo M. G. Rodrigues Edris Pouresmaeil A Multi-Inductor H Bridge Fault Current Limiter Electronics fault current limiter microgrid protection power quality fault current H bridge |
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Amir Heidary Hamid Radmanesh Ali Moghim Kamran Ghorbanyan Kumars Rouzbehi Eduardo M. G. Rodrigues Edris Pouresmaeil |
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A Multi-Inductor H Bridge Fault Current Limiter |
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A Multi-Inductor H Bridge Fault Current Limiter |
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A Multi-Inductor H Bridge Fault Current Limiter |
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A Multi-Inductor H Bridge Fault Current Limiter |
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Current power systems will suffer from increasing pressure as a result of an upsurge in demand and will experience an ever-growing penetration of distributed power generation, which are factors that will contribute to a higher of incidence fault current levels. Fault current limiters (FCLs) are key power electronic devices. They are able to limit the prospective fault current without completely disconnecting in cases in which a fault occurs, for instance, in a power transmission grid. This paper proposes a new type of FCL capable of fault current limiting in two steps. In this way, the FCLs’ power electronic switches experience significantly less stress and their overall performance will significantly increase. The proposed device is essentially a controllable H bridge type fault current limiter (HBFCL) that is comprised of two variable inductances, which operate to reduce current of main switch in the first stage of current limiting. In the next step, the main switch can limit the fault current while it becomes open. Simulation studies are carried out using MATLAB and its prototype setup is built and tested. The comparison of experimental and simulation results indicates that the proposed HBFCL is a promising solution to address protection issues. |
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fault current limiter microgrid protection power quality fault current H bridge |
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