Series magnetic coupled reactor saturation considerations for high voltage AC and DC power systems

The rapid increase of integrated distributed generators results in higher fault currents in the future modern grids. A remedy for the concern is employing series reactors as fault current limiters. This paper elaborates on a ferromagnetic core series reactor, which, when saturated, adversely affects the operation of the series reactor during...

The principle of magnetic flux switch

This paper introduces an innovative Magnetic Switch (MFS) designed to control and alter magnetic flux within energy system components, offering an alternative to conventional power electronic devices. The MFS comprises a low-current control coil, a control core, and a high-density magnetic flux-carrying main core combined with a main coil energy...

High-frequency transformer winding model with adequate protection

High local electric field intensity in transformer windings originating from transient signals is one of the reasons for transformer failures. Due to the integration of renewable energy sources into the power grids and the increased number of transients, the likelihood of transformer catastrophic failure increases accordingly. Therefore, to...

Transformer Resonance: Reasons, Modeling Approaches, Solutions

Due to the extension of the power grid with many complex and compact pieces of power equipment, transformers will be more exposed to fast transient, resulting from various resonance conditions. Transformer resonance can result in severe overvoltage on internal parts of the winding, leading to insulation failure and, consequently, transformer...

Modeling, Control, and Operation of an M-DAB DC-DC Converter for Interconnection of HVDC Grids

Future high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) networks based on voltage source converters (VSCs) will have different structures (asymmetric monopolar, bipolar, or symmetric monopolar), voltage levels, control, and protection schemes. Therefore, dc-dc converters are needed to interconnect those VSC-HVDC grids and several technical issues on their...

The principles of controlled DC reactor fault current limiter for battery energy storage protection

The significance of battery energy storage systems (BESSs) technology has been growing rapidly, mostly due to the need for microgrid applications and the integration of renewables. Relevant to the importance of utilization of BESS in microgrids, the protection of the BESS during microgrid faults has become a concern too. The short circuit in...

The TRV Improvement of Fast Circuit Breakers Using Solid-State Series Superconducting Reactor

Utilizing superconducting technology in fault current limiters for power grid applications is a practical solution to achieve a more modern and efficient power system. This is due to their low-loss profile, high efficiency, and ability to transmit about 5x more power in the same footprint compared to conventional counterparts. In addition,...