Applications of Superconducting Fault Current Limiters in Power Electronics-Dominated Power Systems

The book discusses superconducting fault current limiters and their applications in power systems, exploring the principles, simulations and engineering practices, but focusing on systematic applications in traditional and renewable power systems. It provides in-depth studies on a number of major topics such as architecture of superconducting fault current limiter, device design, parameter optimization, prototype testing, co-ordination control and performance evaluation. It also describes multiple application cases of superconducting fault current limiters, which are applied in high voltage direct current transmission systems, active distribution networks, and micro-grids. Offering a comprehensive and systematic overview of practical issues, the book is intended for readers wanting to learn practical approaches for developing superconducting fault current limiters. It also appeals to researchers, engineers and graduate students in various fields, including high-temperature superconducting materials, power system transient stability, and control science and engineering.  

Introduction.- Control and fault characteristics of the half bridge mmc.- Superconducting fault current limiters in mmc hvdc.- Comprehensive current limiting method with SFCL and virtual current limiting control in mmc hvdc.- Virtual real comprehensive current limiting method with sfcl for solid state transformer.- Stability enhancement of microgrids considering sfcls.- Conclusions and prospects.

Dr. Lei Chen has continued studying superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs) in electric power systems for decades. He has proposed the voltage-compensation-type active SFCL and flux-coupling-type SFCL. In terms of mechanism modeling, conceptual design, prototype test, etc., He has solved the fundamental and application issues of the proposed SFCLs in traditional power systems and renewable energy systems. Dr. Lei Chen has conducted three projects for the National Natural Science Foundation of China, two sub-projects for the National Key Research and Development Program of China, and three provincial and ministerial projects. Dr. Lei Chen has published over 180 academic papers, including 100 SCI-indexed papers (55 papers as the first author or corresponding author) and more than 60 EI-indexed papers. He has been authorized for over 20 invention patents and registered five computer softwritings. Dr. Lei Chen has been awarded the Best Paper Award and the Best Presentation Award at three IEEE conferences. He is currently an IEEE Senior Member and an Academic Editor/Associate Editor for Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems, IEEE Access, PLoS One, IET Smart Grid, and other International Journals. He was a session chair of the IEEE International Conference on Applied Superconductivity and Electromagnetic Devices (ASEMD) and a Technical Committee Member of the International Workshop on Communications and Smart Grid (IWCSG) and the Asia Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering (ACPEE).

 

 Dr. Hongkun Chen has studied superconducting fault current limiters and power quality assessment/mitigation for decades. He has published over 60 academic papers and has been authorized for more than 30 invention patents.

 

Dr. Li Ren has studied superconducting fault current limiters and superconducting magnetic energy storage for decades. She has published more than 100 SCI-indexed papers, including 35 SCI-indexed papers of first and corresponding authors. In addition, She has been authorized for more than 20 invention patents and registered 2 computer softwritings.

 

Dr. Yuejin Tang has studied superconducting power applications for decades. He has published over 200 academic papers and has been authorized more than 40 invention patents.