• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.116-125
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• 2015

This paper presents experimental results obtained from actual installation conditions of surge protective devices (SPDs), with the aim of understanding the coordination of cascaded Class I and Class II SPDs. This paper also proposes effective methods for selecting and installing coordinating cascaded SPDs. The residual voltage of each SPD and the energy sharing of an upstream Class I tested SPD and a downstream Class II tested SPD were measured using a $10/350{\mu}s$ current wave. In coordinating a cascaded voltage-limiting SPD system, it was found that energy coordination can be achieved as long as the downstream SPD is a metal oxide varistor with a higher maximum continuous operating voltage than the upstream SPD; however, it is not the optimal condition for the voltage protection level. If the varistor voltage of the downstream SPD is equal to or lower than that of the upstream SPD, the precise voltage protection level is obtained. However, this may cause serious problems with regard to energy sharing. The coordination for energy sharing and voltage protection level is fairly achieved when the cascaded SPD system consists of two voltage-limiting SPDs separated by 3 m and with the same varistor voltage.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.370-374
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• 2005

AC loss of a superconducting conductor has a strong influence on the economic viability of a superconducting fault current limiter, which offers an attractive means to limit short circuit current in power systems. Therefore, the AC loss characteristics in several fault current limiting elements of a coil type have been investigated experimentally. The test result shows that AC losses measured in the fault current limiting elements depend on arrangement of a voltage lead. The AC loss of a bifilar coil is smallest among the fault current limiting elements of the coil type. The measured AC loss of the bifilar coil is much smaller than that calculated from Norris's elliptical model. However, the loss measured in a meander, which is frequently used in a resistive fault current limiter, agrees well to the theoretical one.

• 대한전기학회논문지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.490-495
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• 1995

A bipolar junction transistor which exihibits 1000V breakdown voltage is designed and fabricated using FLR (Field Limiting Rings). Three dimensional effects on the breakdown voltage is investigated in the cylindrical coordinate and the simulation results are compared with the results in the rectangular coordinate. Breakdown voltage of the device with 3 FLR is simulated to be 1420V in the cylindrical coordinate while it is 1580V in rectangular coordinate. Bipolar junction transistor has been fabricated using the epitaxial wafer of which resistivity is 86 .OMEGA.cm and thickness is 105 .mu.m. Si$_{3}$N$_{4}$ and glass are employed for the passivation. Breakdown of the fabricated device is measured to be 1442V which shows better greement with the simulation results in cylindrical coordination.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.300-304
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• 2004

We have proposed the junction termination design employing shallow trench filled with silicon dioxide and field limiting ring (FLR). We have designed trenches between P+ FLRs to decrease the junction termination radius without sacrificing the breakdown voltage characteristics. We have successfully fabricated and measured improved breakdown voltage characteristics of the Proposed device for 1200 V-class applications. The junction termination radius of the proposed device has decreased by 15%-21% compared with that of the conventional FLR at the identical breakdown voltage. The junction termination area of the proposed device has decreased by 37.5% compared with that of the conventional FLR. The breakdown voltage of the proposed device employing 7 trenches was 1156 V, which was 80% of the ideal parallel-plane .junction breakdown voltage.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.371-371
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• 2009

For the application of superconducting wires to fault current limiting devices, it is required that they have a high rated voltage when a fault occurs. Stabilizer-free coated conductors, particularly, shows a good performance for the high rated voltage, which is beyond 0.6 V/cm. In this study, using the stabilizer-free coated conductors, we made fault current limiting devices and examined their characteristics. Fault current limiting devices were fabricated with a shape of the cylinder of a mono-filar coil winding. Stabilizer-free coated conductors were wound along the mono-filar coil line and the terminal parts between the wire and metal were soldered using In solder. Two kinds of devices were fabricated by a different method in the terminal joint, one was made by a soldering and the other was made by a soldering-free joint. Critical currents and resistance at the joint parts were measured. In addition, long-time current flowing tests were also carried out for the characterization of the fault current limiting devices.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.68-75
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• 2014

Cascaded applications of surge protective devices(SPDs) are required in order to reduce the stress on the electrical and electronics equipment being protected, and the energy coordination between the cascaded SPDs is very important. This paper deals with the experimental results obtained from the installation conditions of full-scale SPDs. The energy coordination between the upstream Class I SPD and the downstream Class II SPD was measured using a $10/350{\mu}s$ impulse current due to direct lightning flashes. The distances between the cascaded SPDs were 3, 10, and 50m, and the maximum test current was 12.5kA. As a result, the energy sharing between cascaded SPDs was dependent on the voltage protection level of each SPD and the distance between two SPDs. An overview of how to select SPD ratings in applications of cascaded SPDs system was discussed based on the energy coordination between the two SPDs. The proposed test results for the energy coordination between two-stage cascaded SPDs can be used in effective applications of SPDs.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 제38회 하계학술대회
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• pp.943-944
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• 2007

In this paper, the development and the test of 13.2kV/630A high-Tc superconducting fault current limiting coil are described. The fault current limiting coil made of Coated Conductor (CC) was fabricated with bifilar winding method for non-inductive characteristics and tested in the distribution power system level in Dec. 2006. In order to determine the length of the superconducting coil, applied voltage per unit length(V/m) was studied analytically and it was verified through experiments. For the volume minimization, the coil was designed with concentrical arrangement method. The short-circuit test was performed with the prospective fault current of asymmetrical 10kA whose maximum fault current was $30kA_{peak}$. In the test, the voltage drop and the current of the coil were measured and the resistance of the coil was obtained. Also, the temperature rise of the coil was calculated with the relationship between the resistance and the temperature of CC. In this paper, the experimental results are analyzed and compared with the simulation.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2010

뇌서지 보호는 오늘날 대부분의 전기전자기기에 있어 중요한 문제 중 하나이다. 그리고 뇌서지 보호를 위한 대다수 SPD의 가장 주요 부품으로 MOV가 사용된다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 타입의 MOV 기반 SPD를 조사하고 낮은 MLV특성의 부작용에 대하여 실험하였다. 실험결과로서 상대적으로 낮은 MLV특성은 실제 현장에서 발생 가능한 TOV 고장 상태하에서 더 큰 고장률로 나타날 수 있으며, 피보호기기보다 우선하여 소손될 수 있음을 알 수 있다. 결국 안전면에서 SPD는 높은 TOV내력과 신속한 단로기의 동작이 요구된다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.965-969
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• 2005

이온교환막 공정의 중요한 운전인자인 전류밀도와 전해질의 pH가 막 오염에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 휴믹산 100 mg/L를 포함하고 있는 NaCl 용액에서 Neosepta AMX (Tokuyama Soda, Japan) 음이온교환막의 막 오염 현상을 관찰하였다. 한계전류밀도(LCD) 전 후 영역의 전류를 공급하면서 이온교환막의 전기저항 변화를 측정하여 막 오염 현상을 분석하였다. 실험결과 LCD 이하에서는 전류밀도의 변화가 막 오염에 큰 영향을 미치지 않았다. 그러나 LCD 이상의 전류밀도에서는 막 오염이 심각하게 진행되는 것으로 나타났다. 실험 후 휴믹산에 오염된 막에 대한 전류전압 곡선에서도 LCD 이상에서 실험한 경우에 막 오염으로 전기저항이 증가하고 LCD가 감소한 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 휴믹산이 포함된 전해질 용액의 pH를 산성 조건으로 조정한 후 실험한 결과 pH가 감소할수록 막 오염이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 이 결과로부터 막 오염이 휴믹산의 표면 전하에 의한 것보다 물리화학적 성질에 더 큰 영향을 받는다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2007

We are developing a 22.9 kV/25 MVA superconducting fault current limiting(SFCL) system for a power distribution network. A Bi-2212 bulk SFCL element, which has the merits of large current capacity and high allowable electric field during fault of the power network, was selected as a candidate for our SFCL system. In this work, we experimentally investigated important characteristics of the 190 kVA Bi-2212 SFCL element in its application to the power grid e.g. DC voltage-current characteristic, AC loss, current limiting characteristic during fault, and so on. Some experimental data related to thermal and electromagnetic behaviors were also compared with the calculated ones based on numerical method. The results show that the total AC loss at rated current of the 22.9 kV/25 MVA SFCL system, consisting of one hundred thirty five 190 kVA SFCL elements, becomes likely 763 W, which is excessively large for commercialization. Numerically calculated temperature of the SFCL element in some sections is in good agreement with the measured one during fault. Local temperature distribution in the190 kVA SFCL element is greatly influenced by non-uniform critical current along the Bi-2212 bulk SFCL element, even if its non-uniformity becomes a few percentages.