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    Optimization of Supercapacitor Assisted Surge Absorber (SCASA) Technique: A New Approach to Improve Surge Endurance Using Air-Gapped Ferrite Cores (2021)

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    https://hdl.handle.net/10092/103677
    
    Publisher's DOI/URI
    http://doi.org/10.3390/en14144337
    
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    MDPI AG
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    1996-1073
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    Authors
    Kularatna N
    Steyn-Ross DA
    Silva Thotabaddadurage, Dr. Sadeeshvara cc
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    Abstract

    SCASA is a patented technique commercialized as a surge protector device (SPD) that adheres to UL-1449 test standards. Apart from the novel use of supercapacitors, SCASA design incorporates a coupled-inductor wound to a specially selected magnetic material of powdered-iron. In this study, we investigate the limitations of the present design under transient operation and elucidate ways to eliminate them with the use of air-gapped ferrite cores. In modelling the operation under 50 Hz AC and transient conditions, a permeance-based approach is used; in addition, non-ideal characteristics of the transformer core are emphasized and discussed with empirical validations. The experimental work was facilitated using a lightning surge simulator coupled with the 230 V AC utility mains; combinational surge-waveforms (6 kV/3 kA) defined by IEEE C62.41 standards were continuously injected into SPD prototypes during destructive testing. Such procedures substantiate the overall surge-endurance capabilities of the different core types under testing. With regard to optimizations, we validated a 95% depletion of a negative-surge effect that would otherwise pass to the load-end, and another 13–16% reduction of the clamping voltage verified the effectiveness of the methods undertaken. In conclusion, SCASA prototypes that utilized air-gapped cores revealed a greater surge endurance with improved load-end characteristics.</jats:p>

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    Silva Thotabaddadurage SU, Kularatna N, Steyn-Ross DA (2021). Optimization of Supercapacitor Assisted Surge Absorber (SCASA) Technique: A New Approach to Improve Surge Endurance Using Air-Gapped Ferrite Cores. Energies. 14(14). 4337-4337.
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    Keywords
    supercapacitors; surge protection; magnetic permeance; air-gapped transformer; effective permeability; SCASA
    ANZSRC Fields of Research
    40 - Engineering::4008 - Electrical engineering::400805 - Electrical energy transmission, networks and systems
    40 - Engineering::4008 - Electrical engineering::400807 - Engineering electromagnetics
    40 - Engineering::4008 - Electrical engineering::400802 - Electrical circuits and systems
    40 - Engineering::4009 - Electronics, sensors and digital hardware::400911 - Power electronics
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651

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