Inrush-Current-Limiting With High$rm T_rm c$Superconductor
Authors:
- K. MutsuuraKMK. Mutsuura
- Y. YokomizuYYY. Yokomizu
- T. MatsumuraTMT. Matsumura
- 13 June 2005
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
- Vol. 15 (2) , 2071-2073
Abstract
We propose an inrush-current-limiting element as a new application of high-temperature superconductor (HTS). The inrush-current-limiting element is required to recover automatically to superconducting state without any current interruption after the current limiting operation. The limiting element proposed suppresses the inrush current using the flux-flow resistance generated in the HTS. Since the flux-flow resistance is small as to be neglected when the instantaneous value of the current in the HTS is below its critical-current, the limiting element may satisfy the above requirement for the inrush-current-limitation. To verify the performance of the inrush-current-limiting element, we performed the current-limiting tests by a limiting element made of bulk Bi2223. As a result, it was confirmed that the limiting element suppressed the magnetizing inrush current of a transformer and self-recovered to superconducting state.Keywords
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