A 4 kV Silicon Carbide solid-state fault current limiter

Due to increased demand and deployment of new technologies, such as electric vehicles, utilities face increasing fault currents in their systems. As a consequence protection devices must have higher ratings. Replacing existing infrastructure can prove expensive and complicated. Fault current limiter...

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Published in2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) pp. 4445 - 4449
Main Authors Saadeh, Osama S., Johnson, Erik D., Saadeh, Mahmood S., Escobar Mejia, Andres, Schirmer, Christopher, Rowden, Brian, Mantooth, Alan, Balda, Juan, Ang, Simon
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2012
Subjects
Circuit faults
Fault current limiters
Silicon carbide
Snubbers
Switches
Testing
Voltage control
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Summary:Due to increased demand and deployment of new technologies, such as electric vehicles, utilities face increasing fault currents in their systems. As a consequence protection devices must have higher ratings. Replacing existing infrastructure can prove expensive and complicated. Fault current limiters promise an upgrade solution that will mitigate the need for replacing existing breakers to keep fault currents within the ratings of existing protection equipment. SiC offers several key advantages to grid-connected power electronics, such as smaller footprint, faster switching speeds, and simpler cooling systems. This paper describes a 4 kV Silicon Carbide (SiC) fault current limiter that demonstrated the technologies' potential.
ISBN:1467308021
9781467308021
ISSN:2329-3721
2329-3748
DOI:10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342217