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LIST OFSYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AC - Alternating Current
ATP - Alternative Transient Program
ACR - Automatic Charge Relay
BPA - Back Propagation Algorithm
BSCCO - Bismut-Strontium-Calcium-Copper-Oxide
BSSFCL - Bridge-Type Solid State Fault Current Limiter
CR-FCL - Controllable Resistive type Fault Current
Limiter CCA - Critical Clearing Angle
CCT - Critical Clearing Time
Jc - Critical current density
Hc - Critical magnetic field
Tc - Critical temperature
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C - Degree Celsius
DC - Direct Current
DG - Distribution Generation
DFIG - Doubly Fed Induction Generator
DSC - Dynamic Static Clustering
Ec - Electric field density
EMTP - Electro Magnetic Transient Program
ETO - Emitter Turn Off thyristor
FCL - Fault Current Limiter
FCL-TCI - Fault Current Limiter with Thyristor Controlled
Impedance
FCLID - Fault Current Limiting and Interrupting Device
FD - Fault Detector
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FEM - Finite Element Method

GTO - Gate Turn Off Thyristor
GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication
HTS - High Temperature Superconductor
HVDC - High Voltage Direct Current
HFCL - Hybrid Fault Current Limiter
HSN - Hybrid Sensing Network
IGBT - Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
IED - Intelligent Electronic Device
IoT - Internet of Things
K - Kelvin
kHz - Killo Hertz
kA - Kilo Ampere
kV - Kilo Volt
LG - Line to Ground
LL - Line to Line
LTS - Low Temperature Superconductor
ΔT - Maximum permissible temperature rise
MHz - Mega hertz
MOV - Metal Oxide Varistor
µs - Micro second
mH - Mille Henry
ms - Mille second
NbTi - Niobium Titanium
NSFCL - Non Superconducting Fault Current
Limiter Ω - Ohm
p.u - per unit
% - Percentage
PV - Photo Voltaic
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PCC - Point of Common Coupling

PEFCL - Power Electronic Superconducting Fault Current
Limiter
PMA - Programmable Memory Access
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification
ρ - Resistivity
2G - Second Generation
secs - Seconds
SMS - Short Message Service
SCR - Silicon Controlled Rectifier
SG - Smart Grid
SHS - Smart Hospital System
SDN - Software Defined Network
SSFCL - Solid State Fault Current Limiter
SFCL - Superconducting Fault Current Limiter
THD - Total Harmonic Distortion
T&D - Transmission and Distribution
UHF - Ultra High Frequency
VCB - Vacuum Circuit Breaker
V - Volt
Cp - Volumetric effective specific heat of HTS element
W - Watt
Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity
WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network
WSN - Wireless Sensor Network
YBCO - Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide