• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2006

Transient heat transfer caused by an impulsive heating in subcooled liquid nitrogen is investigated experimentally. This study is part of out ongoing efforts directed to a stable cryogenic cooling system lot superconducting fault current limiters (SFCL). A thin heater attached by epoxy on one surface of a GFRP plate is immersed in liquid-nitrogen bath at temperatures between 77 K and 55 K. A strong heat flux up to $150W/cm^2$ is generated lot 100 ms, and the temperature of the heater sulfate is measured as a function of time. The behavior of bubbles on the heating surface can be explained by comparing the measured temperature history for vertical and two horizontal (up and down) orientations. It is concluded that the subcooling of liquid nitrogen below 70 K is very effective in suppressing bubbles, resulting in better thermal protection and faster recovery from an impulsive heat.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.11-14
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• 2004

YBCO thin films have good characteristics for current limiting materials due to compact size and high current carrying capability. But the irregularities and the extreme thin thickness of YBCO films cause some difficulties in simultaneous quench and thermal shock protection. In order to solve these problems, vertical magnetic field generated from solenoid coil was applied to the YBCO element. And also to minimize the inductance caused by the serial connection of magnetic field source with superconducting elements, magnetic field source was separated from the power lines adapting protective current transformer. In this study, electric field-current (E-I) and quench characteristics of YBCO films were analyzed both by electrical measuring method and observations of bubble propagation. From the experiment results, it was revealed that the magnetic fields generated by surrounding coil could induce the uniform quench distribution for all stripes of current limiting units and finally simultaneous quenches were realized in all serial connection of YBCO elements. In addition, the separation of magnetic field source form electrical network could be good solution for simultaneous quench of YBCO films without any unnecessary effect caused by serial connection.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.31-34
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• 2005

There are many kinds of high temperature superconducting (HTS) application using Bi-2223 tape which is the most commercialized HTS material. Also, resistive superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs) have been developed using many kinds of superconducting material such as YBCO thin film, Bi-2212 bulk and so on. However, SFCL using Bi-2223 tape has never been developed. This paper deals with the feasibility study on SFCL using Bi-2223 wire. The over-current behaviors of Bi-2223 short-length sample were measured. To make the resistive SFCL, two small-scale bifilar winding modules using 7m Bi-2223 wire were fabricated; i.e. solenoid type bifilar coil and pancake type one. The short-circuit tests of the coils were successfully performed up to 16 V$_{rms}$ From these tests, the current limiting capabilities of Bi-2223 bifilar coils were confirmed and current limiting performances between two winding types were compared. In addition, the feasibility of resistive SFCL using another HTS wire, i.e. YBCO coated conductor, was also investigated.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.38-45
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• 2006

초전도전류제한기(SFCL)는 전력계통내 적용시 계통보호를 보다 향상시킬 수 있는 방안으로써 수초이내에 신속하게 사고전류를 제한한다. 이러한 SFCL중 자속구속형 전류제한기의 설계구조는 자속구속리액터인 하나의 철심에 1차측과 2차측 코일이 병렬로 결선되어 있다. 또한 전류제한소자인 YBCO박막과 2차측 코일을 직렬로 결선하여 설치장소의 조건에 따라 인덕턴스와 2차측 코일의 극성방향으로 과도전류 크기를 조절할 수 있다. 이러한 동작특성은 철심을 자속매개체로 적용되기 때문에 철심조건에 따른 성능평가실험은 필수적이다. 가극결선에서 전원전압을 200[Vrms] 인가시 피크전류는 폐루프가 30.71[A], 개루프가 32.01[A]까지 상승됨에 따라 초기과도 응답특성은 폐루프가 유리하였다. 하지만, 소자에 발생되는 전압이 폐루프가 220.14[V], 개루프가 142.73[V]까지 상승함에 따라, 폐루프 철심구조시 전류제한소자의 부담이 가중됨을 알 수 있었다. 결과적으로 자속구속형 SFCL의 전력계통내 적용 시 각각의 철심구조에 따른 다양한 운전특성을 적절히 설계시 장점을 극대화 할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2006년도 영호남 합동 학술대회 및 춘계학술대회 논문집 센서 박막 기술교육
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• pp.146-148
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• 2006

The quench characteristics of flux-lock type high-Tc superconducting fault current limiters(SFCL) was investigated, $YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-x}$(YBCO) thin film was used as the current limiting elements of the flux-lock type SFCL. The quench characteristics of current limiting elements consisting of the flux-lock type SFCL was more improved than that of the resistive type SFCL.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2011년도 제42회 하계학술대회
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• pp.292-293
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• 2011

We proposed a new power system, Superconducting Power System. The SPS consists of superconducting power cables, fault current limiters, and transformers. The basic concept is to replace 154kV conventional cables with 22.9kV superconducting cables and to convert a 154kV substation into a 22.9kV switching station in downtown area. For the application of the SPS to real power system, it is very important to construct the protection system of the SPS. This study presents a protection system for the new Superconducting Power System (SPS).

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.46-50
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• 2011

The electrical insulation design of high voltage superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs) should be confirmed to be applied for the stabilization of the power grid. This paper describes numerical analysis and AC dielectric experiments for developing high voltage SFCLs. The electric field distributions between applied high voltage part and ground were calculated by finite element method (FEM) simulation tool and AC criterion of liquid nitrogen at 200 kPa was calculated from correlation between the field utilization factor and FEM simulation results. This paper deals with ceonceptual insulation design of a 154 kV class single-phase no-inductively wound solenoid type SFCL which was focused on gap distance between the cryostat and superconducting coils. Furthermore, the shield ring effect was confirmed to reduce maximum electric field at applied high voltage part.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.104-107
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• 2006

For the practical application on SCFCL(Superconducting fault current limiters), Bi-2212 tubes were fabricated by Centrifugal Forming Process(CFP). The tubes were annealed at 830, 840, $850^{\circ}C$, respectively for 80 hours in oxygen atmosphere. The tubes heat treated at $840^{\circ}C$ demonstrated better electric characteristics than the tubes heat treated at 830 and $850^{\circ}C$. The typical value measured at 77 K in the self field was around 556 A. In terms of cooling effect on superconducting properties, it was found the electrical properties were quite dependent on the mold design and shapes. In order to check uniformity along the tube, EFDLab fur heat and fluid analysis of NIKA was adopted. It was found out that the simulation data was quite well matched with experimental results.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전력기술부문A
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• 제55권12호
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• pp.522-528
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• 2006

Korean power system has some problems like as curtailing investment and the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) phenomena, because of power demand concentration in downtown area. In this time, superconducting power devices rise as a very attractive solution. This study proposes a basic concept of superconductivity power system with distributed switching station, and identifies the items for technical and economic analysis. The proposed system consists of superconducting cables/ transformers/FCLs(fault current limiters). The basic concept is to replace 154kV conventional cables with 22.9kV superconducting cables and to convert a 154kV substation into 22.9kV distributed switching stations in downtown area.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.52-55
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• 2010

A sub-cooled liquid nitrogen system is known as a promising method to develop high voltage superconducting apparatuses such as superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs) and superconducting cables. To develop a high voltage superconducting machine adopting the sub-cooled liquid nitrogen system with a constant pressure. injecting a non-condensable gas is indispensable. In this study. the dielectric characteristics of insulation gases are investigated and analyzed by using electric utilization factors ($\xi$). It is found that the maximum electric field at sparkover that occurs with 50 % probability. $E_{MAX.50%}$ exponentially decreases as the S increases. This means that the $E_{MAX.50%}$ at sparkover can be estimated with the $E_{MAX.50%}$