Interrupting Short-Circuit Direct Current Using an AC Circuit Breaker in Series with a Reactor

Table 2

DC fault behavior of power converters.

Technology	Fault current breaking capability	Fault current limitation capability
Diode rectifiers	No	No
Forced commutated “active” rectifiers using IGBTs, IGCTs, etc. with free wheeling diodes	No	No
Thyristor-controlled rectifiers	At first AC side current zero	No
Isolated DC-DC converters with HF transformer	Within one HF half cycle	Yes