A 4 kV Silicon Carbide solid-state fault current limiter

Osama S. Saadeh, Erik D. Johnson, Mahmood S. Saadeh, Andres Escobar Mejia, Christopher Schirmer, Brian Rowden, Alan Mantooth, Juan Balda, Simon Ang

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Abstract

Due to increased demand and deployment of new technologies, such as electric vehicles, utilities face increasing fault currents in their systems. As a consequence protection devices must have higher ratings. Replacing existing infrastructure can prove expensive and complicated. Fault current limiters promise an upgrade solution that will mitigate the need for replacing existing breakers to keep fault currents within the ratings of existing protection equipment. SiC offers several key advantages to grid-connected power electronics, such as smaller footprint, faster switching speeds, and simpler cooling systems. This paper describes a 4 kV Silicon Carbide (SiC) fault current limiter that demonstrated the technologies' potential.1

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012
Pages4445-4449
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event4th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012 - Raleigh, NC, United States
Duration: Sep 15 2012Sep 20 2012

Publication series

Name2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012

Conference

Conference4th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityRaleigh, NC
Period09/15/1209/20/12

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