Design and Simulation of a Bidirectional DC Circuit Breaker

Yufei Tao, Yufeng Wang, Qinzhou Lin, Weilin Li

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Abstract

In recent years, DC microgrid has been developing continuously and its application range is more and more wide, which puts forward higher requirements for its protection. This paper proposes a bidirectional DC solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB), which allows power to flow bidirectionally and can be used in bidirectional DC microgrid protection. Compared with the existing DC SSCB, the novel circuit breaker has fewer components and simplifies the structure. During steady-state operation, energy transfer can be completed only through inductor and thyristor, thus reducing power loss. The working principle of the proposed SSCB is introduced at first. Secondly, the relevant parameters affecting the operation of the SSCB are analyzed. Finally, simulate the circuit breaker in Saber. The SSCB can quickly isolate the fault when the fault occurs, which verifies the correctness and reliability of the circuit breaker.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - IECON 2020
Subtitle of host publication46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages3439-3444
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728154145
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Oct 2020
Event46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2020 - Virtual, Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 19 Oct 202021 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
Volume2020-October

Conference

Conference46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2020
Country/TerritorySingapore
CityVirtual, Singapore
Period19/10/2021/10/20

Keywords

  • bidirectional protection
  • DC microgrid
  • DC solidstate circuit breaker
  • fault isolation

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