Current limiting performance test of 3-phase tri-axial transformer-type SFCL with re-wound structure at 3-line-to-ground fault in lab-scale transmission system

► A 3-phase tri-axial Superconducting Fault Current Limiter was designed and made. ► Demonstration tests were carried out using the SFCL in a Lab-scale power system. ► Experimental results on the current limiting performance were shown. ► Peak fault current 560A without SFCL was reduced to 230A with SFCL. ► The SFCL recovered to the stand-by mode under a typical CB operation sequence. We have proposed a transformer-type SFCL of a re-wound structure, which can produce a limiting reactance (L-limiting) for smaller fault current and, for larger one, additively give a limiting resistance (L+R limiting). The single-phase proposed model SFCL had been tested and shown good limiting characteristics and excellent recovery performance. A 3-phase tri-axial SFCL of the proposed type had been designed and made using BSCCO2223. This paper describes demonstration tests of the model SFCL carried out using a lab-scale one-machine infinite bus transmission model system. The experimental results on the current limiting performance of the SFCL at the 3-line-to-ground (3LG) fault were shown and discussed. The peak fault current 560 A without SFCL was reduced to 230A with SFCL immediately. The 3-phase SFCL successfully worked without large inter-phase interaction. The SFCL recovered to the stand-by mode under a typical Circuit Breaker (CB) operation sequence.