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With the increase of electricity demand and the rapid development of renewable energy generation, it is becoming more and more important to ensure the safety and stability of power grid, where a superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) could play an important role. In recent years, a lot of research work has been done in China on the application of high temperature superconducting (HTS) power technology, especially in the aspects of superconducting fault current limiting technology, superconducting fault current limiting-breaking technology, superconducting fault current limiting- magnetic energy storage technology, and superconducting fault current limiting transformer technology. A number of demonstration projects on SFCL were also conducted. In this paper, the research progress of HTS fault current limiters (both AC and DC) in China in recent years is introduced, including the completed projects and the on-going work. The possible application direction of SFCL in the future is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The resistive-type superconducting fault current limiter (R-SFCL) is simple in configuration, near zero impedance at normal state, and can be quickly triggered by the fault current. So, it is a possible solution to suppress the fault current in the power grid. In this paper, the design and development of a 220-kV R-SFCL were reported. The core component of it is a module constructed by 128 bifilar coils. The bifilar coils are connected in series and parallel to form the module according to the application requirements. The bifilar coils are made of 12-mm-wide steel-stabilized 2G tapes, while 16 bifilar coils are connected in parallel to form a sub-module and 8 sub-modules are connected in series to form the module. For this fault current limiter, 10.75-km 2G tapes are used in total, and the resistance of the R-SFCL module is 4.5 Ω at 300 K. Besides, the half-size sub-module and the cryogenic insulation support (CIS) are developed and tested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The resistivetype superconducting fault current limiter (R-SFCL) is simple in structure, near zero impedance at normal state and can be quickly triggered by the fault current. Thus, it is a possible solution to limit the fault current in the power grid. In this paper, we report the fabrication and test for an R-SFCL module The R-SFCL module consists of seven bifilar coils connected in parallel, which were wound with two parallel 2G tapes. A 5mm spacer was co-wound between adjacent turns to act as the highvoltage insulation. In the tests, we test the current distribution among the bifilar coils, and then simulated short-circuit tests were conducted on the module to obtain its performance under fault current surge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) is a prospective electric devices connected in series in power grid to limit short-circuit current. A 10.5 kV/1.5 kA 3-phase SFCL with HTS coil of 6.24 mH was developed at IEECAS in China in 2005, which was operated in a local power grid in Hunan province for more than 11,000 h, and integrated lately in a superconducting power substation in Baiyin city in 2011 and is still running safely and reliably. In order to reduce the fault response time and enhance the performance of the SFCL, we analyzed the structure characteristics of the SFCL and discussed the variation of currents and voltages of the HTS coil and the bridge during the fault time. The simulation and tests results of power system validate the feasibility of the fast fault identification method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]