Author(s)

Lu Qu, Zhanqing Yu, Zhichang Yuan

Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Fault current suppression is the key technology to ensure the safe operation of the DC power distribution system. In order to realize the parameter collabora-tive configuration of the DC circuit breaker and the DC current limiter and improve the fault current suppression capability, the fault current suppression mechanism of the DC power distribution system is revealed based on the circuit model. Then, based on the mathematical model of the DC breaker, the characteristic parameters of DC breaking are extracted, and then the influence of different characteristic parameters on the breaking characteristics of fault current is studied. Finally, the mathematical model of the collaborative process between DC circuit breaker and DC current limiter is established. The charac-teristic parameters of fault current collaborative suppression are extracted. The coupling effects of different characteristic parameters on the fault current col-laborative suppression are studied. The principle of collaborative configuration of DC circuit breaker and DC current limiter is proposed, and the collaborative suppression ability of DC circuit breaker and DC current limiter to fault current is fully exploited to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the DC power distribution system.

DC Power Distribution System, Fault Current, DC Circuit Breaker, DC Current Limiter

Qu, L. , Yu, Z. and Yuan, Z. (2019) Research on Parameter Collaborative Configuration of DC Circuit Breaker and DC Fault Current Limiter. Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 7, 80-93. doi: 10.4236/jpee.2019.79006.