CORC® FAULT CURRENT LIMITING CABLES AND WIRES

CORC® fault current limiting cables and wires have demonstrated a high level of current blocking of any HTS cable:
– Nearly instantaneous development of 20 V/m
– 70 V/m voltage buildup within 15ms of fault
– Fast recovery due to the extremely small size of the FCL wire
– No performance degradation even after more tan 100 over current cycles
– No performance degradation after a fault duration of 300 ms

CORC® FCL wire during normal operation at 1,000 A

 

 

 

 

 

CORC® FCL wire at moment of fault

 

 

 

 

 

CORC® FCL wire during recovery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Response of CORC® FCL cables during a fault
Operation of a CORC® FCL cable under overcurrent conditions lasting for 0.3 seconds with peak dissipation of 100 kW/m and average dissipation of 20 kW/m