Overview and assessment of superconducting technologies for power grid applications

Patrick McGuckin; Graeme Burt

doi:10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541928

Overview and assessment of superconducting technologies for power grid applications

Patrick McGuckin, Graeme Burt

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Abstract

It is expected that superconducting technologies will play an important role in the future smart grid because their application brings a host of benefits, most notably a decrease power loss that allows for overload relief, the lowering of voltage levels, power quality enhancement and subsequent grid stability. The phenomenon of superconductivity brings these potential qualities to the grid in the form of a number of technologies analogous to the commonly accepted, conventional types in the form of cabling, fault current limiters, energy storage (ES), generators and transformers. This paper aims to provide an overview of these technologies and their current and potential applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2018 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference, UPEC 2018
Place of Publication	Piscataway, N.J.
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538629109
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC.2018.8541928
Publication status	Published - 13 Dec 2018
Event	53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference, UPEC 2018 - Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Sep 2018 → 7 Sep 2018 Conference number: 53rd http://www.upec2018.com/

Conference

Conference	53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference, UPEC 2018
Abbreviated title	UPEC 2018
Country	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	4/09/18 → 7/09/18
Internet address	http://www.upec2018.com/

Keywords

generators
microgrids
superconducting fault current limiter
superconducting magnetic energy storage
superconductive cabling
transformers

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