高温超导变压器关键技术

由于超导材料的无阻载流特性,其在超导电缆、超导限流器、超导变压器、超导储能、超导电机等超导电力装置中的应用引起人们极大兴趣。其中超导变压器具有体积小、重量轻、损耗低、无火灾隐患、无环境污染和低漏抗等特点。简要介绍了高温超导变压器基本结构,重点介绍了变压器研发过程中的关键技术问题,包括液氮和气氮低温绝缘特性、超导绕组损耗分析、电流引线设计、非金属低温容器设计等,为高温超导变压器的研发提供有用的参考。     

Operation of superconducting fault current limiter using vacuum interrupter driven by electromagnetic repulsion force for commutating switch

Using conventional high‐temperature superconducting wire, a model superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) is made and tested. Solenoid coil using Bi2223 silver sheath wire is so made that inductance is as small as possible and a vacuum interrupter is connected in series to it. A conventional reactor coil is connected in parallel. When the fault current flows in this equipment, superconducting wire is quenched and current is transferred into the parallel coil because of voltage drop of superconducting wire. This large current in parallel coil actuates magnetic repulsion mechanism of vacuum interrupter. Due to opening of vacuum interrupter, the current in superconducting wire is broken. By using this equipment, current flow time in superconducting wire can be easily minimized. On the other hand, the fault current is also easily limited by large reactance of parallel coil. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 164(1): 52–61, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20315     

高温超导变压器

高温超导变压器与常规变压器相比 ,具有体积小、重量轻、效率高、无火灾隐患、不污染环境和限制短路电流改善系统动态稳定性等诸多优点。阐述了欧洲、美国及日本等国家的高温超导变压器的研究现状、基本特点、优越性及研究中存在的技术问题等。并且讨论了高温超导变压器的设计原则和将来其投入电力系统运行时所需要进一步考虑的问题     

高温超导变压器研发进展综述

与传统常规变压器相比,超导变压器具有很多优势,如体积小、重量轻、损耗低、无污染火灾隐患等。近十几年来,随着高温超导线材取得重要的研究进展,国际上相继开展了高温超导变压器的研发,已有三台样机成功地完成了挂网试验。简要介绍了近年来国内外高温超导变压器（包括电力变压器和机车变压器）的研发情况以及近期几个基于第二代高温超导线材的高温超导变压器项目,并指出随着高温超导线材的技术发展,限流变压器的研究值得关注。     

Design guidelines of a flux‐lock superconducting fault current limiter with ac magnetic field coil for a 6.6‐kV distribution system

We have proposed a new type of fault current limiter, which consists of a flux‐lock reactor with high‐Tc superconducting (HTS) elements and an ac magnetic field coil (Flux‐Lock‐Type Fault Current Limiter: FLT‐FCL). The FLT‐FCL can increase both the current capacity and the limiting impedance by means of a transformer action and an ac magnetic field application mechanism. This paper reports the conceptual design of an FLT‐FCL for application to a 6.6‐kV/200‐A distribution system. Theoretical expressions for the current limiting behavior are derived and the new concept of “quench power” is proposed in order to estimate the required number of HTS elements for two types of FLT‐FCL and for a basic FCL type consisting only of HTS elements. Design guidelines for the FLT‐FCL are derived from the calculation results. © 2001 Scripta Technica, Electr Eng Jpn, 135(4): 17–25, 2001     

Increase of inductance ratio of flat type fault current limiter with high‐Tc superconducting disk

Fault current limiters (FCLs) are expected to reduce fault current and improve stability of power systems. A flat type fault current limiter consisting of the pancake primary winding and a high‐T_c superconducting (HTS) disk was proposed as a modified version of a conventional magnetic shield type of the FCL with the superconducting cylinder. The flat type FCL has the advantage of being manufactured smaller than the cylinder type FCL. It is pointed out, from a magnetic field analysis, that the volume of the flat type FCL is smaller than that of the cylinder type FCL with same magnitude of the limiting inductance. Further, the magnetic field analysis suggests that a high inductance ratio can be realized by radially enlarging both the primary winding and the HTS disk, stacking the FCL modules in layers and sandwiching the primary winding with superconducting disks. © 2006 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

超导技术的发展及其在电力系统中的应用

超导技术在电力系统的应用是21世纪电力科学技术最具发展潜力的应用之一,文章回顾了超导技术的最新发展,重点介绍了已经或者正在商品化的超导电缆,超导变压器,超导电机,超导限流器,超导储能器等超导电力设备及其在电力系统中的应用和应用的突破方向。     

Examination of a fault current limiter with conduction‐cooled Nb3Sn screen

We examined the possibility of the practical use of a conduction‐cooled magnetic shield type fault current limiter. A small superconducting fault current limiter was built and the current limiting characteristics were tested. Conceptual design of the conduction‐cooled fault current limiter for a distribution power system was carried out, and we calculated and discussed the temperature rise of shielding coil during a normal and a fault condition. We suggest a protection method for quench due to local disturbances during normal operation. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 145(1): 20–27, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10164     

超导电力装置研究的进展

简要介绍了超导电力装置的基本应用特性,重点介绍了高温超导电力电缆、超导限流器、超导磁储能装置的应用优势,讨论了超导电力装置的待研问题。     

基于MgB2的新型电阻型超导故障限流器的研制和性能分析

超导故障限流器对限制短路电流和短路容量具有重要的研究意义。文中基于MgB2的特性,采用先变形后退火的方法,并利用特制高温玻璃纤维进行绝缘,在退火处理后再通过环氧树脂胶黏剂固化,研制了一台小体积电阻型超导故障限流器样机。同时通过液氦和氦气冷却,对其性能进行测试;通过建立电阻型超导故障限流器的一维热传导模型和电路方程,对其动作特性进行仿真。测试和仿真结果表明该样机限流效果明显,限流百分比可达44%以上,然而限流器的失超长度、超导线材温度和失超电阻随着时间呈非线性变化且限流器的线材并未全部失超。失超恢复时间约为1.5s,可通过交替连接方式满足重合闸需求。最后针对10kV电力系统,提出了MgB2的小体积电阻型超导故障限流器工程设计原理,并分析了其在工程应用中的可行性。     

Proposal of flux‐lock‐type fault current limiter with high‐TC superconducting element

This paper proposes a new type of fault current limiter (FCL), which consists of a high‐T_C superconducting (HTS) element and two coils wound on the same core without any leakage magnetic flux. In this FCL, either the limiting impedance or the initial limiting current level can be controlled by adjusting the inductances and the winding direction of the coils. Therefore, this FCL could relax the material restrictions on high‐T_C superconducting FCL. A current‐limiting experiment by a model FCL was carried out, and the limiting performance was observed. The initial limiting current level of the model FCL was 1.7 times higher than the critical current of the HTS element, and the fault current is suppressed to 52% immediately after the short‐circuit in the test. Considering voltage–current characteristics of a high‐T_C superconductor in a computer simulation, the calculated results almost agreed with the experimental results. © 1999 Scripta Technica, Electr Eng Jpn, 127(1): 31–38, 1999     

BSCCO超导带材的工艺要点与应用

高温超导材料的发现,推进了超导技术的实用化。作为典型的高温超导材料,铋系(BSCCO)超导带材目前已在超导电缆、超导限流器和超导储能等领域实现商用。粉末套管法是制备BSCCO超导带材最常用的方法,主要工艺步骤包括装粉、拉拔、轧制和热处理等。本文介绍了粉末套管法的工艺,重点介绍了各工艺步骤中的关键点,阐述了超导带材在超导限流器和超导储能系统中的应用,提出了BSCCO超导带材未来的发展方向。     

An over‐current withstanding design of superconducting power cables

In a design of HTS power cables, the over‐current withstanding design is very important. In a conventional case, when one of the 2‐circuit power cables failed, the other cable should transport the previous total power continuously. If we adopt this idea also in case of superconducting power cables, the rating current should be decided carefully. In this paper, the authors show a fundamental idea for a short‐time withstanding over‐current design of HTS power cables. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 141(2): 34–40, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10051     

Fundamental performance of superconducting fault current limiter with two air core coils

In this paper, we theoretically compared the fundamental characteristics of fault current limiter (FCL) with high‐Tc superconductor (HTS) and two coaxial air‐core coils based on steady‐state analysis. Two types of FCL are possible. One is parallel type and the other is transformer type. The parallel type can be divided into two types according to the combination of the winding direction of coils. That is, there are two cases that the coils are wound so that the magnetic fluxes induced by coils reduce and increase each other. In this paper, we called them parallel type 1 and 2, respectively. There is no significant difference in the HTS volume required to satisfy both the specified limiting impedance Z_FCL and initial current I_ini in limiting operation among those three FCLs although the HTS in each type of FCL has different length and cross‐sectional area. In the cases of those FCLs, we can improve the current limiting performance by arranging the HTS in the coils and applying the magnetic flux to the HTS in the limiting operation. The magnitudes of the magnetic flux density are almost the same. From the viewpoint of the FCL impedance in normal operation, parallel type 1 has the most desirable structure. On the other hand, transformer type is the best to eliminate the magnetic flux applied to the HTS in the normal operation. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 165(3): 29–36, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20477     

A study on hot spot detection possibility in simulated oil‐filled‐type transformer tank by using ultrasonic methods

Failure of oil‐filled‐type (OFT) power transformers usually results in very big losses comprising the loss of the transformer itself as well as production loss in industry. Most of the energy lost in OFT transformers, induced by faults, will become heat at a location close to the fault, which then becomes a hot spot. The detection of hot spots in OFT transformers can be an effective way for transformer fault location and diagnosis. As the OFT transformer enclosure is completely sealed and is opaque, to date there is no effective way to find out hot spots in them. It is known that ultrasonic energy can be transmitted into the sealed transformer enclosure which is filled with the fluid, and ultrasonic waves can be affected by the temperature of the materials they propagate through; so the ultrasonic method can be a possible method for hot spot detection. In this paper, we describe a study on the possibility of developing a method to detect hot spots in an environment filled with a fluid, simulating a transformer. Trails using a different times‐of‐flight (TOFs) evaluation techniques and attenuation measurement of the ultrasonic energy propagated were carried out, which showed encouraging results for locating the hot spot as well as measuring the hot spot temperature in fluids; we also discuss the possibility of applying these results to the diagnosis of OFT transformers eventually. © 2011 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Recovery time to superconducting state after quench in superconducting fault‐current limiter

Since fault current tends to increase with electrical power demand, current‐limiting technology for overcurrents has been investigated. As a promising candidate, the superconducting fault‐current limiter (SC‐FCL) is expected to be introduced into power systems. One of the most important features of the SC‐FCL is recovery to a normal operating mode, that is, superconducting state rapidly after current interruption. In this paper, the recovery time of an SC‐FCL introduced into a distribution power system is discussed. To obtain the fundamental data, the recovery time of short Nb‐Ti superconducting cables was measured. We developed a method of calculation of the recovery time and it was confirmed that the calculated results agree with the measured ones. We studied the recovery characteristics of an SC‐FCL in a 6.6‐kV distribution system for the short‐circuit fault near the substation. We considered 3 and 17 cycles as the period from fault occurrence until current interruption. As a result, the superconducting cable length required to recover within the high‐speed reclosing time of 0.3 s are more that 270 and 480 m for 3 and 17 cycles, respectively. © 2000 Scripta Technica, Electr Eng Jpn, 132(4): 34–44, 2000     

Study of Superconductor Recovery Time Characteristics and High‐Speed Reclosing of Electromagnetic Repulsion Switch

Using a high‐temperature superconductor, we constructed and tested a model superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL). The superconductor and a vacuum interrupter serving as the commutation switch were connected in parallel using a bypass coil. When the fault current flows in this equipment, the superconductor is quenched and the current is then transferred to the parallel coil due to the voltage drop in the superconductor. This large current in the parallel coil actuates the magnetic repulsion mechanism of the vacuum interrupter and the current in the superconductor is interrupted. Using this equipment, the current flow time in the superconductor can easily be minimized. On the other hand, the fault current is also easily limited by the large reactance of the parallel coil. This system has many advantages. Thus, we introduced an electromagnetic repulsion switch. High‐speed reclosing after interrupting the fault current in the electrical power system is essential. Thus, the SFCL should recover to the superconducting state before high‐speed reclosing. But the superconductor generates heat at the time of quenching, and it takes time to recover to the superconducting state. Therefore, the recovery time is an issue. In this paper, we study the superconductor recovery time. We also propose an electromagnetic repulsion switch with a reclosing system. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 175(3): 12–19, 2011; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.21072     

Development of 3‐in‐one high‐temperature superconducting cable

A three‐in‐one HTS cable has been developed. Its cable core is composed of a conductor and a shield wound with BSCCO and electrical insulation of the PPLP. The three cable cores are covered in thermal insulated stainless corrugated pipes. The BSCCO wires represent a dramatic innovation by virtue of a newly developed process named Controlled Over‐Pressure (CT‐OP). As a new cable technology, a 350‐m thermal insulation pipe was tested for 7 months to find that the life of the vacuum intensity is more than 10 years. The HTS cable with tension members was designed for installation into an underground duct. In addition, a fault current of 23 kA, 0.63 s, was applied to a sample cable with no damage to the BSCCO wires or the cable insulation. These technologies will be applied to the Albany project in the USA. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 162(1): 15–24, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20577     

改进的双桥混合式桥路型高温超导故障限流器

针对现有断路器开断容量不能满足超高压系统故障短路电流要求的现状,介绍了两种单相桥型高温超导限流器的基本工作原理;针对整流桥中直流偏压的引入问题,提出了一种改进的双桥混合式桥路型高温超导故障限流器,深入讨论了新型限流器的工作原理,限流器的参数变化对其限流特性的影响,包括临界电流、动作电流和超导线圈电感.仿真与实验表明该类型限流器具有良好的限流作用,从工程的角度解决了直流偏压引入困难的问题.     

高温超导电缆交直流伏安特性测试与分析

为了研究高温超导电缆在直流和交流载流情况下伏安特性的变化规律,提出基于第二代YBCO高温超导体的冷绝缘超导电缆交直流伏安特性测试方法,搭建了伏安特性测试实验系统,通过对一根0.2m长,110k V/1.5k A高温超导电缆样缆的交直流伏安特性进行测试,获得了超导电缆在直流、30Hz、100Hz和工频载流下伏安特性变化规律。结果表明,超导电缆的直流伏安特性曲线呈现E-J指数关系,且失超变化清楚,而交流下当超导电缆通流值低于直流临界值时,交流伏安特性曲线变化平缓,之后随通流能力增加后该曲线呈逐渐上升趋势,超导电缆没有出现明确的失超变化点。研究结果对于开展超导电缆运行稳定性研究提供了较大的参考价值。