• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.29-33
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• 2010

For last 10 years, there are big progress and many efforts in the development of HTS power equipments by some country including South Korea. Especially HTS cable system is the strongest candidate among them from the viewpoint of applying to real grid, because of the feature of it, compact and large capacity. In South Korea, transmission level 154kV, the world top voltage class, HTS cable system was installed and has been tested in KEPCO Gochang Underground Cable Test Field since the early of 2010 in order to meet test requirements made by KEPCO, the only grid company in South Korea. The type test of it will be completed by October 2010 and subsequently long-term load cycle test will be performed during 6 months. Also in the near future, KEPCO has a plan to demonstrate transmission level HTS cable system in real grid, in order to meet practical requirements and confirm the feasibility of it. This paper says the test plan of transmission level 154kV HTS cable system and the way how to test it.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.19-23
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• 2011

An HTS DC power cable is expected to perfectly eliminate transmission loss caused by resistance. However, when the HTS DC power cable is applied to the power system, loss of the HTS DC power cable is generated due to harmonics caused by HVDC converter. We designed and analyzed the HTS DC power cable with a critical current of 1 kA to investigate the loss characteristics using a finite element method package. In this paper, the loss characteristics caused by harmonics in the HTS DC power cable were analyzed according to order and magnitude of harmonics. Based on the analysis results, the critical current of HTS DC power cable considered with the rated current could be determined to minimize the capacity of cooling system for the design the HTS DC power cable.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.61-65
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• 2010

To develop the thermal analysis method for the thermal behavior of HTS power cable system, cooled with sub-cooled liquid nitrogen, new thermo dynamic model for HTS cable system is introduced. The introduced thermal model is mainly modified from the thermal circuit following to IEC60287 for underground power cable systems such as XLPE or paper wrapped insulation cables. The thermal circuits for HTS cables are similar to the forced cooled underground cable system but the major thermal parameters and the configuration is apparently different to the normal cable systems so there has been no proposals in this field of analysing method. In this paper, 154kV HTS cable system has been introduced as an aspects of thermal models and a thermal circuit is proposed for the fundamentals on the dynamic rating systems for the HTS cable system. By using the thermal circuit developed in this paper, the optimal controls on the sub-cooling system's capacity become possible and it is expected to make the efficiency of HTS cable higher than conventional static controls.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07a
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• pp.290-291
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• 2006

HTS(High Temperature Superconductivity) Power Cable has a different characteristic with conventional distribution line, so installation and operation condition are different. In this paper, internal fault current characteristic s of HTS power cable was analyzed. For this, EMTDC model component of HTS power cable was developed. The developed EMTDC model component is applied to distribution line, then authors analyze internal current characteristics of HTS Power cable when fault occurred.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.524-526
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• 2005

As a research activity of the project of "Verification Test of Superconducting Power Cable", we measured the AC loss of a short length superconducting power cable. The rating and the length of the cable were 22.9kV, 1,250A and 2.2m. The voltage taps for measuring the AC loss were attached to both ends of the conductor of the superconducting cable. Through the voltage taps and a lock-in amplifier we measured the in-phase component of the voltage($V_x$) with the load current(I). The AC loss was measured by multiplying the in-phase component of the voltage($V_x$) by the load current(I). The value of the AC loss of the superconducting power cable was 1.18W/m/phase/kA at 77.3K, 1atm.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.43-47
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• 2012

The unbalance currents flow the High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) power cable caused by asymmetrical fault, harmonic distortion and unbalanced load. That problem causes additional loss and leakage field in the HTS power cable, and deteriorates the electric power quality and stability. In addition, large amounts of unbalanced current can cause negative sequence and ground relays to operate. This paper presents an analysis unbalanced three-phase current distribution in HTS power cable caused by unbalanced load condition and grounding methods using PSCAD/EMTDC. The results obtained through the analysis would provide important data for the design of HTS power cables and valid information for their installation in power system.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07b
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• pp.603-604
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• 2000

Bi-2223 테이프는 송전케이블과 같은 저 자장 전력시스템의 응용에 가장 유망한 선재로 알려져 있다. 송전케이블에 교류 전류가 인가되면 인접한 테이프에 의해서 발생되는 자계는 통전손실에 영향을 미치게 된다. 이와 같은 실제 송전케이블의 응용 측면을 고려하여 좌측 및 상부인접전류가 통전손실에 미치는 영향에 대하여 조사하였다. Bi-2223 테이프의 통전손실은 교류 인접전류가 증가함에 따라서 급격하게 증가하는 반면, 직류 인접전류의 영향은 무시 가능한 정도로 작았으며, 인접전류가 큰 경우는 테이프의 배열에 무관한 반면 작은 경우에는 상부배열인 경우의 영향이 큼을 알 수 있었다. 또한 Bi-2223 테이프의 통전손실은 교류 인접전류의 주파수에 무관함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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• v.9
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• pp.334-337
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• 1999

High T$_c$ (${\sim}$21,500 A/cm$^2$, at 77K) of 100m length of BSCCO 2223 tapes have been achieved using optimized precursor powders with carefully controlling variables in heat treatment. Prototype 500A class multistrand conductor for HTS power cable was fabricated using these tapes. Also discussed are the transportation properties of prototype 500A class multistrand conductor.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.83-86
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• 2005

The High-Tc superconducting power cable consists of a multi-layer high-Tc superconducting cable core and a stabilizer which is used to bypass the current at fault time. Eddy current loss is generated in the stabilizer in normal operating condition and affects the whole system. In this paper, the eddy current losses are analyzed with respect to various structure of stabilizer by using opera-3d. Moreover, optimal conditions of the stabilizer are derived to minimize the eddy current losses from the analyzed results. The obtained results could be applied to the design and manufacture of the high-Tc superconducting power cable system.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.19 no.11
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• pp.1055-1060
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• 2006

High temperature superconducting(HTS) power cable is expected to be used for power transmission lines supplying electric power for densely populated cities in the near future. Since HTS power cable is capable of the high current density delivery with low power loss, the cable size can be compact comparing with the conventional cable whose capacity is same. In this paper, the authors propose the real time simulation method which puts a teal HTS wire into the simulated 22.9 kV utility grid system using Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS). For the simulation analysis, test sample of HTS wire was actually manufactured. And the transient phenomenon of the HTS wire was analyzed in the simulated utility power grid. This simulation method is the world first trial in order to obtain much better data for installation of HTS power device into utility network.