Improvement of DC Fault Current Limiting and Interrupting Operation of Hybrid DC Circuit Breaker Using Double Quench
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Structure and Modeling of Hybrid Direct Current Circuit Breaker (DCCB) Using Double Quench
2.1. Structure of Hybrid Direct Current Circuit Breaker (DCCB) Using Double Quench
2.2. Modeling of Hybrid Direct Current Circuit Breaker (DCCB) Using Double Quench
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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DC System Circuit | Parameters | Value | Unit |
---|---|---|---|
DC source voltage | VDC | 15 | kV |
Line impedance (Z1) | R1 | 0.01 | Ω |
X1 | 0.377 | Ω | |
Load impedance (ZL) | RL | 0.6 | Ω |
Small DC Fault Resistance | R21 | 0.6 | Ω |
Large DC Fault Resistance | R22 | 1.2 | Ω |
Components | Description | Parameters | Value | Unit |
---|---|---|---|---|
MS | Conductance of insulation material | G0 | 5.5 × 1015 | - |
Heat energy | Q0 | 15 | - | |
Time constant of arc | τa | 1 | - | |
Series Resonance Circuit | Series inductance | L | 87 | μH |
Series capacitance | C | 3.33 | μF | |
SCE1 | Normal resistance of SCE1 | RN1 | 1 | Ω |
Normal resistance of SCE2 | RN2 | 20 | Ω | |
SCE2 | Time constant of SCE1 & SCE2 | τb | 0.1 | - |
Critical current of SCE1 | IC1 | 5 | kA | |
Critical current of SCE2 | IC2 | 7 | kA | |
CLR1 | Current limiting reactance | LCLR | 2 | mH |
CLR2 | Current limiting resistance | RCLR | 2 | Ω |
SA | breakdown voltage | VB | 20 | kV |
nonlinear index | γ | 8 |
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Choi, S.-J.; Lee, J.-H.; Lee, J.-W.; Lim, S.-H. Improvement of DC Fault Current Limiting and Interrupting Operation of Hybrid DC Circuit Breaker Using Double Quench. Energies 2021, 14, 4157. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144157
Choi S-J, Lee J-H, Lee J-W, Lim S-H. Improvement of DC Fault Current Limiting and Interrupting Operation of Hybrid DC Circuit Breaker Using Double Quench. Energies. 2021; 14(14):4157. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144157
Chicago/Turabian StyleChoi, Sang-Jae, Jun-Hyup Lee, Jin-Wook Lee, and Sung-Hun Lim. 2021. "Improvement of DC Fault Current Limiting and Interrupting Operation of Hybrid DC Circuit Breaker Using Double Quench" Energies 14, no. 14: 4157. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144157