Publicación: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PARALLEL-CONNECTED FAULT CURRENT ATTENUATOR FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
dc.creator | JAIME ADDIN ROHTEN CARRASCO | |
dc.date | 2022 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-10T15:26:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-01-10T15:26:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.description.abstract | PARALLEL-CONNECTED FAULT CURRENT ATTENUATOR (PFCA) IS A NOVEL CONCEPT FOR ACTIVE REDUCTION OF SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENTS (SCCS) THROUGH CIRCUIT BREAKERS (CBS) IN POWER DISTRIBUTION GRIDS. THE SUSTAINED INCREASE IN THE SCCS COULD EXCEED THE RATING OF THE CBS, DANGEROUSLY SPREADING THE FAULT. SEVERAL SERIES-CONNECTED SCHEMES, SUCH AS FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS AND SERIES REACTORS, HAVE BEEN PROPOSED IN RECENT DECADES TO REDUCE THESE HIGH CURRENTS. THIS ARTICLE DESIGNS AND EXPERIMENTALLY VERIFIES THE FEASIBILITY OF A PARALLEL-CONNECTED POWER CONVERTER TO REDUCE THE SCCS, OPERATING AS A CONTROLLED CURRENT SOURCE BY ABSORBING CURRENT FROM THE FAULT POINT. THIS NEW CONFIGURATION REDUCES THE SCCS IN ALL CBS OF AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION. THE PROPOSED PFCA IS IMPLEMENTED USING A SINGLE-PHASE NEUTRAL-POINT CLAMPED (NPC) CONVERTER AND TESTED USING A PREDICTIVE CURRENT CONTROL SCHEME FOR SHORT-CIRCUITS IN A SCALED-DOWN POWER SYSTEM. THE EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS PROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROPOSED SCHEME, REDUCING SIGNIFICANTLY THE FIRST SCC PEAK, EVEN WHEN THE AC BUS VOLTAGE IS CLOSE TO ZERO. | |
dc.format | application/pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/JESTPE.2021.3081048 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2168-6777 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.ubiobio.cl/handle/123456789/12041 | |
dc.language | spa | |
dc.publisher | IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics | |
dc.relation.uri | 10.1109/JESTPE.2021.3081048 | |
dc.rights | PUBLICADA | |
dc.title | DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PARALLEL-CONNECTED FAULT CURRENT ATTENUATOR FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS | |
dc.title.alternative | DISEÑO E IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE UN ATENUADOR DE CORRIENTE DE FALLA CONECTADO EN PARALELO PARA SISTEMAS DE DISTRIBUCIÓN DE ENERGÍA | |
dc.type | ARTÍCULO | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
ubb.Estado | PUBLICADA | |
ubb.Otra Reparticion | DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERIA ELECTRICA Y ELECTRONICA | |
ubb.Sede | CONCEPCIÓN |