LI Xin, CHEN Quan, CHEN Zhong, et al. Analysis and Design of A Bidirectional Resistive-inductive DC Current Limiter[J]. High Voltage Apparatus, 2026, 62(3): 96-105.
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LI Xin, CHEN Quan, CHEN Zhong, et al. Analysis and Design of A Bidirectional Resistive-inductive DC Current Limiter[J]. High Voltage Apparatus, 2026, 62(3): 96-105. DOI: 10.13296/j.1001-1609.hva.2026.03.012.
Analysis and Design of A Bidirectional Resistive-inductive DC Current Limiter
The rapid rise and large amplitude of fault current in VSC-HVDC transmission system pose significant challenges to the fault interruption speed and breaking capacity of existing DC circuit breaker (DCCB). Based on this
a DC current limiter which is mainly composed of the commutation branch and the resistive-inductive current limiting branch is proposed . The fault current is transferred to the resistive-inductive current limiting branch by the commutation branch to achieve the resistive-inductive current limiting and reach the purpose of accelerating the clearing of the fault current and relieving the breaking pressure of the DC circuit breakerthrough the energy absorption resistance. According to the transient characteristics of DC fault and also in combination with the coordination strategy of the resistive-inductive DC current-limiting circuit and hybrid DC circuit breaker
the working principle of the resistive-inductive DC current-limiting circuit is analyzed theoretically in stages
and the parameter design principle of the proposed resistive-inductive DC current-limiting circuit is given through mathematical derivation. Finally
the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed resistive-inductive DC current-limiting circuit are verified by simulation. The results show that the proposed resistive-inductive DC current-limiting circuit can effectively suppress the fault current
quickly isolate the fault lineand reduce the energy absorption pressure of the arrester.
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