The Silent Guardians of the Grid: Unveiling Fault Current Limiters

Seminar

QUEST Center event

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Speaker

Shuki Wolfus (BIU)

Date

15/07/2024 - 12:00 - 10:30Add to Calendar 2024-07-15 10:30:00 2024-07-15 12:00:00 The Silent Guardians of the Grid: Unveiling Fault Current Limiters Power grids are the backbone of modern society, yet they remain vulnerable to sudden surges in current – fault currents – that can damage equipment and trigger blackouts. Fault current limiters (FCLs) act as silent guardians, automatically mitigating these surges and safeguarding grid stability. This talk will delve into the world of FCLs, exploring the state-of-the-art in both resistive and inductive, superconducting and non-superconducting, FCL technologies. The unique work being done at Bar-Ilan to push the boundaries of FCL performance will be described. We will discuss novel FCL designs, and the potential for these innovations to revolutionize power grid resilience. Physics (202) room 301 Department of Physics physics.dept@mail.biu.ac.il Asia/Jerusalem public

Place

Physics (202) room 301

Abstract

Power grids are the backbone of modern society, yet they remain vulnerable to sudden surges in current – fault currents – that can damage equipment and trigger blackouts. Fault current limiters (FCLs) act as silent guardians, automatically mitigating these surges and safeguarding grid stability. This talk will delve into the world of FCLs, exploring the state-of-the-art in both resistive and inductive, superconducting and non-superconducting, FCL technologies.

The unique work being done at Bar-Ilan to push the boundaries of FCL performance will be described. We will discuss novel FCL designs, and the potential for these innovations to revolutionize power grid resilience.