This book presents a comprehensive survey of fault current limiters (FCLs) and their applications in power system to cope with the fault current. The book reviews characteristics, technologies, topologies, working principles, applications, and the interaction of FCLs with the power system. In the attempts to develop FCL with close to ideal attributes, academic researchers and companies offer the different configurations that are mostly classified into non-superconducting fault current limiters and superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs). Both categories are included in this book, and therefore, it can serve as an excellent stepping-stone for senior and/or graduate students who are interested in knowing the reason of the increase in short circuit level in the power system, fault current limitation measures, benefits and drawbacks of the application of FCLs in power systems, the state-of-the-art of fault current limitation techniques, as well as recent advances in this area.
Mohammad Reza Barzegar-Bafrooei received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Semnan University, Semnan, Iran, in 2011, 2013, and 2018. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering of Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran. His research interests include power system protection, fault current limiters, superconductivity and its applications in power system, and electrical transients in power system. Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ardakan University, P.O. Box 89518-95491, Ardakan, Iran.
Jamal Dehghani Ashkezari received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Semnan University, Semnan, Iran, in 2011 and 2013, respectively, and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, in 2021. His research interests include power system protection, fault current limiters, power system operation, and flexible ac transmission systems devices. Yazd Electrical Distribution Company, Montazer Ghaem Blvd, P.O. Box 8916794-637, Yazd, Iran.
Asghar Akbari Foroud received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Tehran University, Tehran, Iran in 1993 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Tarbiat-modares University, Tehran, Iran, in 1997 and 2006, respectively. He is currently Professor at Semnan University in the Electrical Engineering, Semnan, Iran. His research interests include Power System Dynamics, Operation and Control, Power Market, Power System Planning, Power Quality, Power System Distribution. So far, he has been the project manager or principal investigator of many research projects financed by power industry in Iran. Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty, Semnan University, Semnan, P.O. Box 35131 19111, Iran.
Dr. Hassan Haes Alhelou (Senior Member, IEEE) is a faculty member at TisheenUniversity, Lattakia, Syria. He is also a senior researcher, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University college Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland.
He is included in the 2018 and 2019 Publons list of the top 1% best reviewer and researchers in the field of engineering. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer Award from Energy Conversion and Management Journal in 2016, ISA Transactions Journal in 2018, Applied Energy Journal in 2019, and many other Awards. He was the recipient of the best young researcher in the Arab Student Forum Creative among 61 researchers from 16 countries at Alexandria University, Egypt, 2011.
He has published more than 100 research papers in the high-quality peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. He has also performed more than 500 reviews for high prestigious journals including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Energy Conversion and Management, Applied Energy, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. He has participated in more than 15 industrial projects.
His major research interests are Power systems, Power system dynamics, Power system operation and control, Dynamic state estimation, Frequency control, Smart grids, Micro-grids, Demand response, Load shedding, and Power system protection
