A modified bridge-type nonsuperconducting fault current limiter for distribution network application

Fokui, Willy Stephen Tounsi; Saulo, Michael Juma; Ngoo, Livingstone

doi:10.11591/ijpeds.v12.i3.pp1751-1763

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“…The simulation parameters to test and validate the MBNSFCL are shown in Table 1. The values for the various components of the NSFCL are shown for each network guided by the equations developed by Fokui et al (2021) governing the functional principles of the FCL. The series reactor in each network is chosen to be as small as possible such that minimal current ripples are experienced in the MBNSFCL during no fault conditions.…”

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Testing and validation of a modified bride-type nonsuperconducting fault current limiter

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As the amount of distributed generation (DG) integrated into the distribution network keeps increasing, this leads to an increase in the levels of fault current in the network, and this will result in the network having a fault current above what the existing protecting devices can handle. Hence, an upgrade of protective devices will be necessitated. A lot of techniques have been developed to mitigate against high fault currents. Some of these techniques with their limitations include current-limiting fuses that need constant replacement after an operation; circuit breakers that are very expensive for high current applications; isolation transformers that result in additional network power losses; and current-limiting and air-core reactors that impede the voltage stability of the network. Following these shortcomings, fault current limiters saw the light as the paramount solution to restrain fault currents in the distribution network. This research work is a follow-up of previous research that was on the design of a modified bridge-type nonsuperconducting fault current limiter (MBNSFCL) for application in the distribution network. In this paper, the designed MBNSFCL is tested and validated on two standard IEEE distribution networks, which are the IEEE 13 and the 33 node test networks. The simulation was done using PSCAD/EMTDC. In the case of the IEEE 13 node, the occurrence of a 3 phase to ground fault on the swing bus leads to the source current shooting from an amplitude of 0.602 kA on phase A, 0.335 kA on phase B, and 0.356 kA on phase C to 34.996 kA on phase A, 35.126 kA on phase B, and 34.983 kA on phase C. The fitting of the MBNSFCL into the test network restrains the fault current below the nominal line current, a level at which the circuit breaker can comfortably clear. The virtue of the MBNSFCL is also established when tested on the IEEE 33 node test network. This reveals the reliability of the proposed MBNSFCL for application in the distribution network.

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“…This paper is an extension of a study reported in Fokui et al (2021). In that work, an MBNSFCL was designed for distribution network applications; and it was tested on a simple network that was a single-phase extraction of the IEEE 4 node test distribution network with its inline transformer removed as can be read in (Fokui et al, 2021).…”

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