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  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,431 Views
21 Pages

28 November 2022

For improving the zero-voltage ride through the capability of a doubly fed induction generator in high proportion new energy grid in extreme faults, a coordinated control scheme of hardware and optimal control strategy is proposed. A high-temperature...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,857 Views
24 Pages

Modelling and Fault Current Characterization of Superconducting Cable with High Temperature Superconducting Windings and Copper Stabilizer Layer

  • Eleni Tsotsopoulou,
  • Adam Dyśko,
  • Qiteng Hong,
  • Abdelrahman Elwakeel,
  • Mariam Elshiekh,
  • Weijia Yuan,
  • Campbell Booth and
  • Dimitrios Tzelepis

16 December 2020

With the high penetration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in power systems, the short-circuit levels have changed, creating the requirement for altering or upgrading the existing switchgear and protection schemes. In addition, the continuous increa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,535 Views
15 Pages

Superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs) are attracting increasing attention due to their potential for use in modern smart grids or micro grids. Thanks to the unique non-linear properties of high-temperature-superconducting (HTS) tapes, an SFC...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
888 Views
29 Pages

28 August 2025

This article presents a preliminary study on the potential application of artificial intelligence methods for assessing the durability of HTS tapes in superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs). Despite their importance for the selectivity and re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,517 Views
13 Pages

4 August 2019

Power systems under expansion suffer from escalating fault levels that impact equipment integrity, operational flexibility, and the overall security of the system. The fault current limiter (FCL) is one of approaches used by utilities to limit fault...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,288 Views
19 Pages

The Identification of Microstructural Changes in High-Temperature Superconducting Tapes for Superconducting Fault Current Limiters

  • Sylwia Hajdasz,
  • Adam Kempski,
  • Katarzyna Arkusz,
  • Mariusz Michalski and
  • Paweł Szczesniak

18 October 2024

HTS 2G tapes used in Superconducting Fault Current Limiters (SFCLs) have properties that allow for the effective limitation of short-circuit currents; however, due to the specificity of the device operation, they should be characterized by the high s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,340 Views
11 Pages

7 April 2020

A bridge type superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) with simultaneous quench using two high-temperature superconducting (HTSC) elements and two coils was fabricated to analyze the fault current limiting characteristics. Before and after the fa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,747 Views
12 Pages

In this paper, a bridge type superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) with a single high-temperature superconducting (HTSC) element is proposed to allow fault current limiting operation in direct current (DC) conditions. First, the principle of o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,282 Views
17 Pages

Numerical Study on Transient State of Inductive Fault Current Limiter Based on Field-Circuit Coupling Method

  • Wenrong Li,
  • Jie Sheng,
  • Derong Qiu,
  • Junbo Cheng,
  • Haosheng Ye and
  • Zhiyong Hong

31 August 2019

As the capacity of the power grid continues to expand, high-level fault currents might be caused during a contingency, and the problem of short-circuit current over-limitation is imminent. The high-temperature superconducting (HTS) fault current limi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,279 Views
20 Pages

The resistive superconducting fault current limiter is well known for its simple structure and outstanding current-limiting effect, and it is broadly applied in power grid systems. The second-generation high-temperature superconductor (HTS) tape, of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
874 Views
17 Pages

8 October 2025

In this paper, superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) operation in the presence of a long-duration fault is presented. The SFCL device utilizes second-generation high-temperature superconducting (2G HTS) tapes, which exhibit zero resistance und...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,363 Views
11 Pages

Simulation of a Low-Voltage Direct Current System Using T-SFCL to Enhance Low Voltage Ride through Capability

  • Kwang-Hoon Yoon,
  • Joong-Woo Shin,
  • Jae-Chul Kim,
  • Hyeong-Jin Lee and
  • Jin-Seok Kim

14 March 2022

Owing to the increasing penetration level of distributed energy resources (DER) and direct current (DC) load, the usage of low-voltage direct current (LVDC) systems has expanded to achieve efficient operations. However, because the LVDC system reache...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,200 Views
13 Pages

Study on Operational Characteristics of Protection Relay with Fault Current Limiters in an LVDC System

  • Hyeong-Jin Lee,
  • Jin-Seok Kim,
  • Jae-Chul Kim,
  • Sang-Yun Yun and
  • Sung-Min Cho

As the application of low-voltage-direct-current system increases, fault analysis in the low-voltage-direct-current system has essential because the fault response has different from the conventional AC distribution system. Especially, the fault curr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,581 Views
18 Pages

26 June 2021

The strain behavior of SiC/Stycast 2850 FT composites under thermomechanical loading using a finite element analysis (FEA) was studied. These composites can serve as thermal stabilizers of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tapes during limitatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,525 Views
19 Pages

Critical Current Degradation in HTS Tapes for Superconducting Fault Current Limiter under Repeated Overcurrent

  • Sylwia Hajdasz,
  • Adam Kempski,
  • Krzysztof Solak,
  • Maciej Marc,
  • Jacek Rusinski and
  • Pawel Szczesniak

29 March 2023

Superconducting fault current limiters (SFCL) can be an alternative to conventional devices limiting short-circuit currents in power systems. SFCL use high-temperature superconducting tapes of the second generation (HTS 2G) in SFCL, which, after reac...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,946 Views
45 Pages

Bulk MgB2 Superconducting Materials: Technology, Properties, and Applications

  • Tetiana Prikhna,
  • Vladimir Sokolovsky and
  • Viktor Moshchil

6 June 2024

The intensive development of hydrogen technologies has made very promising applications of one of the cheapest and easily produced bulk MgB2-based superconductors. These materials are capable of operating effectively at liquid hydrogen temperatures (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,403 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Shunt Resistor Value on the Performance of Resistive Superconducting Fault Current Limiters

  • Hamoud Alafnan,
  • Diaa-Eldin A. Mansour,
  • Xiaoze Pei,
  • Moanis Khedr,
  • Mansoor Alturki,
  • Abdullah Albaker,
  • Ibrahim Alsaleh and
  • Xianwu Zeng

16 October 2023

Resistive-type superconducting fault current limiters (r-SFCLs) have generated great interest for research and technical applications. This is attributed to their superior features, which include self-action, fast response, and simple operation. In l...