The power grid and the impact of high-temperature superconductor technology
An overview
Abstract
This chapter gives an overview of the electric power grid, the major challenges it faces in the future, and its major components: overhead lines, underground cables, transformers, electric generators, reactive compensators, voltage regulators, circuit breakers, and fault current limiters. It introduces superconductors and their major properties relevant to applications: the transition temperature, zero resistance, flux exclusion, critical current, and critical fields. Finally, it describes briefly the status and prospects for superconductor power equipment: alternating and direct current cables, fault current ...
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