shielded-core superconducting fault-current limiter

shielded-core superconducting fault-current limiter

[¦shēl·dəd ‚cȯr ¦sü·pər·kən‚dək·tiŋ ′fȯlt ‚kər·ənt ‚lim·əd·ər]

(electricity)

A limiter which is essentially a transformer, with its primary normal conducting coil connected in series to the line to be protected, while the secondary side is a superconducting tube (that is, a one-turn coil). Also known as inductive superconducting fault-current limiter; shorted-transformer superconducting fault-current limiter.

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