Advanced Fault Current Limiters: Definition, Design, and Future Trends

Presents a thorough overview of fault current limiter technology for modern and future power grid protection systems

One of the most critical issues in the evolution of power systems toward renewable energy integration is the management of fault currents. Fault Current Limiters (FCLs) offer a promising solution, yet their complex design principles and wide-ranging applications demand a consolidated resource for both academic researchers and industry engineers.

Advanced Fault Current Limiters: Definition, Design, and Future Trends delivers a comprehensive examination of FCL technologies and their role in safeguarding next-generation power grids. Providing a structured exploration of FCL fundamentals, design classifications, and advanced applications, this book introduces readers to the main categories of FCLs, their underlying mechanisms, and the analytical and simulation tools used to model and test them. Going beyond theory, the authors emphasize applications, such as industrial deployments and practical design considerations, while also examining the challenges, limitations, ongoing innovations, and direction of the field.

Combining in-depth technical knowledge with applied perspectives, the book:

• Provides a clear taxonomy of FCL technologies, organized by components, operating principles, and system integration
• Demonstrates simulation-based analysis using MATLAB/Simulink, EMTP, and FEM for accurate design and testing
• Examines industrial case studies that illustrate practical FCL implementation and operational benefits
• Highlights emerging materials, designs, and technologies shaping the next generation of FCLs

Bridging the gap between academic research and industrial implementation, Advanced Fault Current Limiters: Definition, Design, and Future Trends is essential reading for advanced researchers, engineers, and graduate students specializing in electrical engineering and power system protection. It also serves as a timely and practical reference for professionals working in grid design, protection, and reliability.

AMIR HEIDARY, PhD, is a researcher at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). His expertise spans adaptive protection of modern power systems, fault current limiters, power electronics, magnetic-based applications, smart grids, and transient phenomena. He serves as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.

MARJAN POPOV, PhD, is a Professor of Power System Protection at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. His research interests include large-scale AC and DC intelligent Power System Protection, circuit breakers, technical performance of AC and DC cables, power system transients, and wide-area monitoring and protection. He has contributed to multiple CIGRE working groups and has served as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems and Co-Editor-in-Chief and Senior Editor of e-Prime Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy.

MOHAMAD GHAFFARIAN NIASAR, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the High Voltage Technology Group at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. His research interests include insulation systems of MV/HV power electronics-based equipment, insulation aging, medium-frequency power transformers, power cables, and FEM.