T&D

AMSC HTS Wire Being Used in Development of Fault Current Limiters

A majority of American Superconductors' second-generation high-temperature superconductor wire - known as 344 superconductors - being shipped by AMSC in its current fiscal year ending March 31, 2007, ...
NBC News

Superconductor Technologies Inc. Produces 2G HTS Wire Samples for Superconducting High Power Transmission Cable, Fault Current Limiter and Wind Turbine Generator Applications

Feb. 1, 2011, 7:18 AM EST / Source: GlobeNewswire SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Superconductor Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:SCON) ("STI"), a world leader in the development and ...
Electronic Design

A Better Way to Build Current Limiters and Circuit Breakers

Download this article in PDF format. It’s now common to see circuit boards that carry hundreds of amps, especially in intensive data-processing applications, electric vehicles, and ac distribution.
Business Wire

Bruker and Schneider Electric Announce Successful Validation Test of their Inductive Superconducting Fault Current Limiter (iSFCL) for the ‘Smart Grid’

COLOGNE, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST) and Schneider Electric Sachsenwerk GmbH today announced the successful completion of a major milestone in the ...
EDN

Solar day lamp designs use passive and active current-limiting circuits

A solar day lamp is a simple, inexpensive device for bringing “daylight” to dark interior spaces whenever the sun is shining. This article provides complete instructions for designing lamps using both ...