Appropriate Placement of Fault Current Limiting Reactors in Different HV Substation Arrangements英文文献资料.docVIP

Circuits and Systems, 2012, 3, 252-262 /10.4236/cs.2012.33035 Published Online July 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/cs) Appropriate Placement of Fault Current Limiting Reactors in Different HV Substation Arrangements Heresh Seyedi, Barzan Tabei Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran Email: hseyedi@tabrizu.ac.ir Received June 11, 2011; revised May 7, 2012; accepted May 14, 2012 ABSTRACT Short circuit currents of power systems are growing with an increasing rate, due to the fast development of generation and transmission systems. Current Limiting Reactor is one of the effective short circuit current limiting devices. This technique is known to be more practical than other available approaches. In this paper, proper application of CLR to HV substations is proposed, based on a comprehensive short circuit analysis of 4 well-known substation bus bar arrange- ments. Eventually, appropriate place and number of CLRs is recommended for each bus bar arrangement. Keywords: Current Limiting Reactor; Fault Current Limiter; Bus Arrangement 1. Introduction ? Current Limiting Reactor [1,2,6,7]; ? Solid State Fault Current Limiters [8,9]; ? Superconducting Fault Current Limiters [10-15]; In modern power system, the increasing rate of energy demand imposes development of generation and trans- mission systems. As an unwelcome consequence of gen- eration and transmission systems development, short circuit current are day-to-day increasing. Many utilities, all over the world, are experiencing the problem of as- tonishing short circuit levels. For instance, some utilities in Brazil, China, Iran and Kuwait may be mentioned [1- 4]. Increasing rate of short circuit level causes undesired consequences which may be summarized as follows: ? ? ? ? Fuse [16]; Is limiter [17]; Power system reconfiguration; Bus bar splitting techniques in the substations; ? Disconnection of some lines f