A review of technologies for MVDC circuit breakers

X. Pei; O. Cwikowski; D. S. Vilchis-Rodriguez; M. Barnes; A. C. Smith; R. Shuttleworth

doi:10.1109/IECON.2016.7793492

A review of technologies for MVDC circuit breakers

X. Pei, O. Cwikowski, D. S. Vilchis-Rodriguez, M. Barnes, A. C. Smith, R. Shuttleworth

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

Medium voltage direct current (MVDC) distribution networks have been considered for various applications, such as offshore wind farm collector systems, all-electric naval vessels, and aircraft. MVDC circuit breakers are a critical technology to directly manage faults in multi-terminal DC (MTDC) networks. However, DC current breaking is much more challenging than in AC systems because there is no natural zero-crossing of the current waveform to aid fault isolation. This paper reviews existing MVDC circuit breaker technologies and also discusses their advantages and disadvantages. This paper also introduces new topologies that can be applied in MVDC applications. The operation of several hybrid DC circuit breaker topologies with aided commutation is included. The paper illustrates that a hybrid DC circuit breaker with aided commutation can clear a fault within 2-5 msecs with low losses, this shows great potential for future MVDC applications. The implications for the practical design of commercial MVDC circuit breakers are also discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	3799-3805
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509034741
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2016.7793492
Publication status	Published - 21 Dec 2016
Event	42nd Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2016 - Florence, Italy Duration: 24 Oct 2016 → 27 Oct 2016

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Conference	42nd Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2016
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	24/10/16 → 27/10/16

Keywords

DC circuit breaker
Hybrid circuit breaker
Mechanical circuit breaker
MVDC
Solid state circuit breaker
Superconducting

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Pei, X, Cwikowski, O, Vilchis-Rodriguez, DS, Barnes, M, Smith, AC & Shuttleworth, R 2016, A review of technologies for MVDC circuit breakers. in Proceedings of the IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society., 7793492, IEEE, pp. 3799-3805, 42nd Conference of the Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2016, Florence, Italy, 24/10/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2016.7793492

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