Multi-port DC circuit breaker based on dual capacitor current limiting and energy sink
The coupling relationship between the removal of the fault current and the dissipation of the residual energy of the fault line during the fault isolation process of the multi-port capacitive current-limiting DC circuit breaker prolongs the breaking time
Wei Gu +5 more
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A Current-Commutation DC Circuit Breaker with Adaptive Reclosing Capability [PDF]
DC faults are critical events in a flexible high-voltage dc (HVDC) grid. Thus, ensuring that the power system returns to normal operation rapidly and reliably after fault isolation is very important. This requires a HVDC breaker. In overhead line systems
Jiang Chunbing, Zhao Chengyong
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System configuration, fault detection, location, isolation and restoration: a review on LVDC Microgrid protections [PDF]
Low voltage direct current (LVDC) distribution has gained the significant interest of research due to the advancements in power conversion technologies. However, the use of converters has given rise to several technical issues regarding their protections
Bououden +11 more
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Experimental Test bed to De-Risk the Navy Advanced Development Model [PDF]
This paper presents a reduced scale demonstration test-bed at the University of Texas’ Center for Electromechanics (UT-CEM) which is well equipped to support the development and assessment of the anticipated Navy Advanced Development Model (ADM).
Feng, X +6 more
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DC interruption characteristic of vacuum circuit breaker
AbstractA high‐speed vacuum circuit breaker (HSVCB) has been investigated. HSVCB makes high‐frequency current superimposed on a fault current so that the current is forced to be zero and is interrupted. Its interruption performance is considered to be dependent on the rate of change of the current (di/dt). As a fundamental research, we investigated the
Hiromi Odaka +5 more
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Parameters design of voltage sharing components for the series multi‐break mechanical switch
Series multi‐break mechanical switch is one of the critical components of high‐voltage hybrid DC circuit breakers. However, due to the existence of distributed capacitance, the voltage distribution between the breaks is not balanced.
Daochun Huang +5 more
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T-Type Modular DC Circuit Breaker (T-Breaker) as a Compensator for Future DC Grids
When ac and dc microgrids get exposed to load power changes or voltage transients, instability could occur owing to constant power loads’ (CPLs) behaviour. CPL has the negative impedance behaviour which is the reason behind such instability. A flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS) devices are used in ac grid to help improve ...
Faisal Alsaif +5 more
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A hybrid DC circuit breaker based on a generalized H-bridge circuit
Given the rapid development of multi-terminal DC power grids and the treatment of DC faults, a high-voltage hybrid DC circuit breaker based on a generalized H-bridge circuit is proposed.
LU Yi +6 more
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Fault mode operation strategies for dual H-bridge current flow controller in meshed HVDC grid [PDF]
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Carvalho, Adriano +5 more
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Modular multilevel converter with modified half-bridge submodule and arm filter for dc transmission systems with DC fault blocking capability [PDF]
Although a modular multilevel converter (MMC) is universally accepted as a suitable converter topology for the high voltage dc transmission systems, its dc fault ride performance requires substantial improvement in order to be used in critical ...
Abdelsalam, Ibrahim A. +3 more
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