Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies Enters Into iSFCL Collaboration Agreement with the Center for Advanced Power Systems at...
19 October 2010 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST), a
subsidiary of Bruker Corporation, today announced that it has
entered into a sponsored research agreement with the Center for
Advanced Power Systems at Florida State University (FSU-CAPS) in
Tallahassee, Florida. Financial terms of the agreement, which has a
one-year initial period of performance, were not disclosed.
The collaboration agreement is focused on the continued
development of BEST’s shielded iron core inductive superconducting
fault current limiter (iSFCL), with Dr. Michael “Mischa” Steurer,
Dr. Sastri Pamidi, and Dr. Chris Edrington serving as the principal
FSU-CAPS investigators, and with Drs. Alexander Usoskin and Klaus
Schlenga as the BEST technical collaboration managers. FSU-CAPS
will work with the BEST development teams (i) to investigate the
alternating current (AC) loss characteristics of high temperature
superconductor (HTS) tapes made by BEST, (ii) to model and minimize
any AC losses in iSFCL relevant geometries and components, and
(iii) to study a low-iron iSFCL concept which differs significantly
from concepts of traditional saturated iron core SFCLs.
Fault current limiters are devices that protect electrical
equipment and distribution infrastructure from damaging power
surges caused by fault currents that may arise from short circuits,
power generation disturbances or lightning strikes. BEST has been
developing a proprietary iSFCL for energy infrastructure
applications, including the smart grid, based on its intellectual
property, design expertise and its high-performance,
second-generation (2G) HTS tapes, in cooperation with Areva T&D
in Regensburg, Germany. BEST and AREVA T&D had announced their
successful test of the primary functional unit of the BEST iSFCL in
November 2009.
Dr. Klaus Schlenga, Chief Technology Officer of BEST, said:
“FSU-CAPS is very experienced in the integration of novel high
power equipment, such as advanced superconducting devices, power
electronics, and novel rotating machines into power systems.
FSU-CAPS has established a unique test and demonstration facility
with one of the largest real-time digital power systems simulators
integrated with high-powered 5 Megawatt class AC and DC test beds
for hardware in the loop simulation. The collaboration between
FSU-CAPS and BEST is expected to result in advances in iSFCL
technology with minimized AC losses and a utility-friendly
implementation of a new generation of power conditioning
systems.”
FSU-CAPS’ Dr. Michael Steurer stated: "We strongly believe that
innovative FCL technologies such as the iSFCL will have significant
benefits for development of a smarter electric power grid.” His
colleague Dr. Sastri Pamidi further commented: "The iSFCL is a
novel concept based on the shielded core type FCL that uses 2G
superconducting material with a strong potential for short recovery
times under load, compared to other types of superconducting
FCLs."
About Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies:
BEST has operations in Germany, the UK and the United States,
and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:
BRKR). For more information: www.bruker-est.com or
www.bruker.com.
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