Impact of a resistive superconductive fault current limiter in a multi-terminal HVDC grid

Saldana, G.Etxegarai, A.Larruskain, D. M.Iturregi, A.Apinaniz, S.2018-06-08Saldana , G , Etxegarai , A , Larruskain , D M , Iturregi , A & Apinaniz , S 2018 , Impact of a resistive superconductive fault current limiter in a multi-terminal HVDC grid . in 19th IEEE Mediterranean Eletrotechnical Conference, MELECON 2018 - Proceedings . 19th IEEE Mediterranean Eletrotechnical Conference, MELECON 2018 - Proceedings , Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , pp. 25-29 , 19th IEEE Mediterranean Eletrotechnical Conference, MELECON 2018 , Marrakech , Morocco , 2/05/18 . https://doi.org/10.1109/MELCON.2018.8379062conference978-153863738-89781538637388researchoutputwizard: 11556/625Publisher Copyright: © 2018 IEEE.The relevance of multi-terminal HVDC grids is expected to increase in next years. However, there are still several technical, economical and legal limitations that interfere with the construction of those multi-terminal links. One of the main technical obstacles is the handling of DC fault currents, because the interruption of DC currents in HVDC systems is nowadays a challenge. Among other proposals, the application of Superconducting Fault Current Limiters (SFCLs) combined with a mechanical Circuit Breaker (CB) solves technically that issue, according to the analysis and simulation results presented in this paper.5enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessImpact of a resistive superconductive fault current limiter in a multi-terminal HVDC gridconference output10.1109/MELCON.2018.8379062DC faultHVDCmulti-terminalPSCAD/EMTDCresistive fault current limiterVSC-HVDCCircuit faultsHVDC transmissionCircuit breakersFault currentsMathematical modelCircuit faultsHVDC transmissionCircuit breakersFault currentsMathematical modelDC faultMulti-terminalVSC-HVDCPSCAD/EMTDCResistive fault current limiterElectrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputer Science ApplicationsComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionInformation Systems and ManagementEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologySDG 7 - Affordable and Clean EnergyFunding InfoThe authors thank the support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (project ENE2016-79145-R AEI/FEDER, UE), the Basque Government (project ELKARTEK KK-2017/00083 and GISEL research group IT1083-16), as well as from the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (project EHUA15/25 and research group funding PPG17/23).The authors thank the support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (project ENE2016-79145-R AEI/FEDER, UE), the Basque Government (project ELKARTEK KK-2017/00083 and GISEL research group IT1083-16), as well as from the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (project EHUA15/25 and research group funding PPG17/23).http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050139431&partnerID=8YFLogxK