Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority

Sami Shamoon College of Engineering (r.a.)

Dmitry Baimel

Alon Kuperman

The present invention provides topologies of phase-controlled IGBT bridge type and GTO bridge type Fault Current Limiter (FCL), which allow the precise limitation of fault currents to the desired values and can keep these values constant despite variations (dynamic behavior) of the fault currents. According to an embodiment of the invention, the topologies enable to use a phase control approach for optimal firing angles calculation. This control approach can be used in the proposed FCL topologies and other controlled bridge topologies such as SCRs bridge, GTO bridge, and IGBT/IGCT/Mosfet bridge topologies.

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BEER SHEVA, Israel

Dmitry Baimel