Development and Test of a Superconducting Fault Current Limiter-Magnetic Energy Storage (SFCL-MES) System

A superconducting fault current limiter-magnetic energy storage (SFCL-MES) system for substation applications is proposed. SFCL-MES system can limit not only the peak fault current, but also the steady fault current. Moreover, it can provide high-quality power for the critical customers of the substation at the same time. A 100 kJ/1000 A/20 kVA SFCL-MES prototype system is developed, and it mainly consists of a NbTi magnet with two coaxial and homocentric solenoids for reducing stray field, a three-half-bridge converter and a current regulator. The principle of SFCL-MES is analysed, the design and experiment results for the SFCL-MES system are described.