• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.775-780
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• 2015

Because of the advantages such as the zero electrical resistance effect that disappears in the vicinity of the absolute temperature and the magnetic levitation effect, the superconducting applications are being tried in a variety of fields. But, those have faced many difficulties in the practical use because of the difficulty for the realization of the superconducting critical temperature. Recently, however, because the high-temperature super conductors was discovered newly which show superconductivity more than $30^{\circ}K$, the application researches based on it are being tried in various fields. Therefore, this paper examines the possibilities and issues by surveying the high temperature superconducting applications to electrical power system.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.50-54
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• 2009

In Korea, 22.9kV 50MVA HTS (High Temperature Superconducting) cables and 630A/3kA hybrid SFCLs (Superconducting Fault Current Limiters) have been or are being developed by LS Cable, LS Industrial System, and Korea Electric Power Research Institute. They will be installed at Icheon 154kV Substation for real-power-distribution-system operation in 2010. This paper proposes specification of current limiting resistor/reactor for the SFCL and fault current condition of the HTS cable for applying the superconducting devices to Korean power distribution system, from the viewpoint of power system protection.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.945-947
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• 2005

변압기, 케이블, 한류기와 같은 고온초전도 선재의 전력기기의 개발과 응용에 있어서 교류손실은 기기의 운용과 효율에 밀접한 관계가 있기 때문에 중요한 연구 분야가 되고 있다. 또한 현재 전력기기에 응용 하고 있는 고온초전도 선재는 전력기기에 필요한 통전용량을 수용 할 수 없기 때문에 이를 해결하기 위한 방법으로 선재를 적층하여 통전용량을 증대시키는 다양한 방법이 연구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 고온초전도 선재의 적층배열을 달리 하였을 때, 외부자계에 의한 고온초전도 선재의 자화손실 특성에 대해서 연구하였다. 선재의 적층 배열의 형상은 Edge-to-Edge, Face-to-Face형과 Matrix형이며, 적층배열에 사용한 선재의 개수는 2, 4, 8개이다. 연구결과, 동일한 적층 수의 조건하에서 Face-to-Face형의 적층배열이 다른 종류의 배열보다 자화손실이 낮음을 확인하였고, 이는 Face-to-Face 형태로 적층 될 때 인접선재로 인한 자기차폐효과가 다른 배열의 경우보다 우수하기 때문으로 보인다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.55 no.12
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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.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.29-33
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• 2006

A 154 kV class high temperature superconducting (HTS) power cable system is developing in Korea. For insulation design or this cable, the grading method of insulating paper is proposed. The use of graded insulation gives improved bending properties of the cable. Therefore, we discussed the electrical stress distribution and calculation for grading insulation design of a HTS cable. Also. the basic insulation design of 154 kV class HTS power cable was done.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05b
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• pp.2206-2210
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• 2007

As a power transmission line supplying power to a densely populated city, the high temperature superconducting (HTS) cable is expected to one of the most effective cables with a compact size because of its high current density. The verification of HTS power cable system have been progressed by KEPRI. A cooling system for a 3-phase 100m HTS power cable with 22.9kV/1.25kA was installed and tested at KEPCO's Gochang power testing center in Korea. The system consists of a liquid nitrogen decompression cooling system with a cooling capacity of 3kW and a closed circulation system of subcooled liquid nitrogen. Several performance tests of the cable system with respect to the cooling such as cooling capacity, heat load and temperature stability, were performed at several temperatures. Thermal cycle test, cool-down to liquid nitrogen temperature and warm-up to room temperature, was also performed to investigate thermal cycle influences. The outline of the installed cooling system and performance test results are presented in this paper.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.46-49
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• 2009

A 3-phase 100m long, 22.9kV class HTS power transmission cable system was developed by Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) and LS cable Ltd. those are participated in the 21st Century Frontier project R&D Program of Korea. It is important to test the DC critical current related with its power capacity before applying to the real power grid. In 1995, several international standards organizations including International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), decided to unify the use of statistical terms related with 'accuracy' or 'precision' in their standards. It was decided to use the word 'uncertainty' for all quantitative (associated with a number) statistical expressions. In this paper, we measured DC critical current of 22.9kV/50MVA superconducting power cable with several voltage tap and analyzed the uncertainty with these results.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.48-51
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• 2008

The standardization on superconducting application techniques has been focused only in testing method or material itself, but, recently, it is actively proceeded by superconducting technical committee(TC) of international electro technical commission(IEC). In this paper, the standardization organization and its necessary process is introduced and the standardization technique for 22.9kV, 50MVA HTS power cable is prescribed. Throughout this research, it is possible to take priorities on the standardization technique in HTS power cable application. And moreover it can also contributes to the commercialization of HTS power cable.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.34-38
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• 2010

Until now some countries including South Korea have made big progress and many efforts in the development of high temperature superconductor (HTS) power equipments. Especially, HTS Cable and superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) are the strongest candidates among them from the viewpoint of applying to real grid. In South Korea, HTS cable and SFCL have been installed in test fields and tested successfully at Gochang PT Center of KEPCO. In order to meet practical requirements and be feasible in real grid, a demonstration project for HTS cable and SFCL systems, called GENI(green superconducting electric power network at Icheon substation) project, has been initiated to install 23kV HTS cable and SFCL systems in a utility network in South Korea since 2008. Namely, it says the first demonstration project for the application HTS system to real smart grid in South Korea. This paper presents the design and the application plan of the 22.9kV HTS cable and SFCL in 154kV Icheon substation in South Korea with the viewpoint of applying in Smat Grid.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.299-305
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• 2016

The High Temperature Superconducting power cables (HTS power cables) become increasingly longer to commercialize the HTS power cable system. Accordingly, demands on refrigerators of large cooling capacity per a unit system have been increased. In Korea, it is currently imported from abroad with the high price due to insufficient domestic technologies. In order to commercialize the HTS power cables, it is necessary to develop the refrigerators with large cooling capacity. The Brayton refrigerators are composed of recuperative heat exchangers, compressors and cryogenic turbo expanders. The most directly considering the efficiency of the Brayton refrigerator, it depends on performance of the cryogenic turbo expander. Rotating at high speed in cryogenic temperature, the cryogenic turbo expanders lower temperature by expanding high pressure of a helium or neon gas. In this paper, the reverse Brayton cycle is designed and the cryogenic turbo expander is designed in accordance with the thermodynamic cycle.