Feasibility Study of High Temperature Superconducting Cables for Distribution Power Grids in Metropolises

T Yang, H Jin, W Li, W Hong, B Tian, Quan Li, Ying Xin

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Abstract

High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) cables have numerous advantages in comparison with conventional power cables, such as high power density and low power losses, so they have great potential in enhancing the transmission capacity and improving the quality of power grids. In this work, we studied various cases to evaluate the feasibility of replacing conventional cables with HTS cables in metropolitan distribution networks. These cases represent three principal strategies. The first, HTS cables are applied at the same or lower
voltage levels with the same transmission capacity, named as “equal capacity replacement”. The second, considering the increasing power demands we demonstrate how HTS cables can benefit the power grids with expanded capacity (expanded capacity replacement). The third, we consider the case of unequal routes from the perspective of saving land resources (unequal routing replacement). In this paper, we introduce the methods and results of this study and give some preliminary conclusive remarks.
Original languageEnglish
Article number014002
JournalSuperconductor Science and Technology
Volume33
Issue number1
Early online date13 Nov 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2020

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