Conference Article

·2016

Investigation of fault current limiting methods in power systems

Nihat Akay YTU , Oktay Arıkan YTU , Özgür Karacasu

2016 National Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Biomedical Engineering (ELECO)

Abstract

The growing demand for electrcity consumption results in increasing complexity and continous expansion of power systems. By the connection of new power plants, lines and loads to grid, the level of transfered energy and fault currents increases accordingly. As a result of this phenomenon, equipment breakdowns and even system blackouts may occur. Thus, limiting of fault currents becomes a critical problem to be solved by system operators. Within this perspective, several fault current limiter methods are studied and an example on fault current limiting application on a sample part of Turkish Transmission System is presented. The results indicate that fault current limiters come out as an effective solution for transformer substations operating close to their short circuit withstand limits.

Keywords

Fault current limiter Electric power system Current limiting Engineering Transformer Limiting Electric power transmission Transmission system Fault (geology) Electrical engineering Power-system protection Reliability engineering Power (physics) Current (fluid) Computer science Transmission (telecommunications) Voltage Mechanical engineering Physics

Subject Areas

HVDC Systems and Fault Protection ·Electrical and Electronic Engineering ·Physical Sciences
High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems ·Electrical and Electronic Engineering ·Physical Sciences
Power Systems Fault Detection ·Control and Systems Engineering ·Physical Sciences

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