Abstract. This paper deals with a new kind of superconducting limiter which is not based on the transition from the superconducting state to the normal one by overtaking the critical current. This new superconducting current limiter has no current transport in the superconductor. Indeed, in our structure, the current limitation is based on the saturation of a high temperature bulk superconductor by the magnetic flux. The principle of this new type of limiter has been explained in a previous paper. Now we present the design of this kind of limiter and we show the influence of the temperature on its functioning.

Print publication: Issue 12 (December 2009)
Received 16 July 2009, in final form 28 September 2009
Published 23 October 2009