• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.65-68
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• 2003

Interconnected power system operation has given rise to the problem of increased fault levels and leads to over stressing of all the components. Use have been made of recently developed high Tc superconductor in devising a superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) that promises optimum performance in terms of capital cost, size, auto sensing, operational losses, response time and reliability. Recently, research about the application of the SFCL is actively progressing in Korea. To be applied for SFCL practically, the electrical insulation design of SFCL must be developed. Therefore, this paper presents the result of an investigation of the dielectric characteristics of turn-to-turn insulation for SFCL in liquid nitrogen. The dielectric characteristics of turn-to-turn insulation models of SFCL were investigated. We obtained following results. The breakdown voltages increased as the spacer thickness and length increased. And the breakdown voltages of turn-to-turn model without spacer were higher than the breakdown voltages of turn-to-turn model with spacer under impulse as well as AC voltages. The information gathered in this test series should be helpful in the design of liquid nitrogen filled SFCL.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.529-532
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• 2003

Quench behavior of resistive superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs) with various pattern shapes was investigated. The pattern shapes employed were meander, bi-spiral, and spiral shapes of identical line width, gap and margin. SFCLs were fabricated from YBCO thin films grown on two-inch diameter $Al_2O_3$ substrates under the same conditions. Resistance rise of current limiting elements was low at a spiral shape before the whole quench completion, which may act as a disadvantage for simultaneous quench in serial connection between current limiting elements, but the temperature tended to have similar values at higher voltages. On the other hand, bi-spiral shape was severe at insulation level between current limiting lines. When these aspects were considered, we concluded that a meander shape was appropriate to design for a resistive SFCL based on thin films except the concentration of electric field at edge areas of strip lines.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.9-12
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• 2012

Usually, the AC loss from the superconducting element of an SFCL due to the load current is very small because it is composed of the combination of bifilar windings with very small reactance. Although the AC loss is small enough, we should be albe to predict for the design and control of the cryogenic system. In fact, an SFCL for the transmission voltage class may not generate ignorable AC loss because of the inevitable space between the HTS wires for the high voltage insulation and cryogenic efficiency. To measure the AC loss dependency on the space between the 2G HTS wires with the width of 4.4 mm, we prepared an experimental setup which could adjust the distance between the wires. We used two 500-mm length HTS wires in parallel and applied the current in the opposite direction for each wire to simulate a part of a current limiting module for a high voltage SFCL. We also put two couples of voltage taps at the ends of each wire and a cancel coil in the voltage measurement circuit to compensate the reactive component from the voltage taps. In this condition, we varied the distance between the wires to investigate the change of the transport current loss. A similar experimental study with HTS wire with the width of 12 mm is now in progress.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.63-65
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• 2009

대용량 변압기의 교체시 고장전류 증가 문제를 해결하기 위한 방안 중 하나로 초전도 전류제한기를 설치하는 방안을 검토하고 있다. 이와 같은 고장전류저감을 위해 초전도 전류제한기를 배전계통에 도입하기 전에 고장전류 제한효과를 비롯하여 초전도 전류제한기의 임피던스에 따른 기존의 보호기기와의 보호협조를 고려할 필요가 있다. 그 중에서도 초전도 전류제한기 임피던스에 따라 초전도 전류제한기의 회복시간이 다르게 되며, 이로 인해 리클로저의 동작에 영향을 미치게 된다. 본 논문에서는 이에 대한 선행연구로서 모의 배전계통에 초전도 전류제한기를 적용하였을 경우 초전도 전류제한기의 저항 크기에 따른 초전도 전류제한기의 회복시간을 비교하였으며 리클로저의 동작에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.8 no.1
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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.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.179-183
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• 2006

As a material for SFCL(Superconducting Fault Current Limiter), BSCCO tube with metal stabilizer is a promising candidate, assuring the stability and large power capacity, For the application, the proper soldering technique, which overcome the difficulties of the joining between BSCCO and metal stabilizer, is required. In this study, after soldering In-Bi solder and In-Sn solder with BSCCO superconductor, welding properties between BSCCO and solders were investigated. Because ceramic materials is difficult to weld, Ag electro-plating on BSCCO 2212 is used for intermetallic layer. To find out the best welding condition for superconductor, soldering is tested in the maximum temperature from $155^{\circ}C\;to\;165^{\circ}C$ in the reflow oven. By investigating the composition and thickness of IMC (lntermetallic Compound) created in the reaction of Ag with solder, we analyzed the welding properties of High-Tc superconductor from a micro point of view.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.2004-2005
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• 2007

고온 초전도체를 이용한 자속구속형 사고전류제한기는 1차권선과 2차권선을 감는 방향이나 감은 횟수의 비율에 따라서 부하전류용량과 전류제한용량이 다르다. 부하전류용량은 사고 발생 시 최초의 전류 제한 레벨과 밀접하게 관련이 되는데 자속구속형 사고전류제한기에서 최초의 전류 제한 레벨은 인덕턴스에 의해서 결정되기 때문이다. 전류제한용량은 사고전류제한기의 임피던스와 관계된다. 이 논문에서 자속구속형 사고전류제한기의 변압기 특성을 변화시키면서 부하전류용량과 전류제한용량의 변화를 살펴보았다.