G&W's Current Limiting Protector (CLiP®) offers the benefits of current limitation to systems through 38kV, 5000A continuous current and provides fault interruption to 120kA and beyond. This unique device can be used to protect both the utility grid from excessive wind farm fault contributions and the wind farm system from any massive utility grid fault currents. G&W's CLiP limits the current which can protect under-rated circuit breakers or even permit the use of less expensive, lower rated breakers.
The CLiP allows any overloads and lower level faults to be cleared by downstream devices and acts as
catastrophic protection for the system by limiting the peak
fault currents as well as minimizing let-through energy.
CLiPs can be remotely enabled or disabled. The units
provide a remote indication of operation feature permitting
integration into a SCADA or other automation scheme to
initiate secondary responses set by the utility after a trip
