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Modeling and Simulation of Resistive Superconducting Fault-Current Limiters

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Superconducting fault-current limiters (SFCL) offer ideal performance in electrical power system. The design of SFCL has to be both flexible, to allow an easy adaptation to the specific requirements of each particular application, and a high quality standard with reproducible properties. Up to now no simulation model of SFCL has been validated or introduced in the Library of MATLAB software. In this paper a simulation model for a novel resistive type superconducting fault-current limiter is proposed. This model includes the electric field-current density (E–J) characteristics of High-Temperature Superconductors (HTS). A graphical interface using Graphical User Interface (GUI) of MATLAB is developed in order to ease the operation of the proposed model. This one facilitates the introduction or the parameter modification of materials candidate to a SFCL model. Thus, the operation characteristics and limitation behavior of SFCL have been investigated. The developed model accurately predicted the current-time waveforms achievable with typical limiters, and improved standard of understanding concerning the fault-current limitation mechanisms.

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  1. Department of Electrotechnics, Faculty of Technology, DAC HR Laboratory, University Setif I, Setif, 19000, Algeria

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Nemdili, S., Belkhiat, S. Modeling and Simulation of Resistive Superconducting Fault-Current Limiters. J Supercond Nov Magn 25, 2351–2356 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-012-1685-z

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