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Superconducting Fault Current Limiter (SFCL) can be regarded as a key component for future electric power systems which are capable of contemporarily eliminating the hazards during faults by increasing the short-circuit power of an electric network. That is attributed to the behaviour of resistive SFCL (R-SFCL) and inductive SFCL (I-SFCL) devices which show negligible resistance and reactance, respectively, under normal operating conditions and reliably switch to a high impedance state in case of extra-current. This paper presents a comparative study for the use of R-SFCL and I-SFCL by investigating their impacts on the shortcircuit calculations of a high voltage line. The case study is for a 220 kV transmission line in the northern transmission network of Algeria which is subjected to a phase to ground fault in the presence of a fault resistance. The impact of the impedance of SFCL (ZSFCL), which varies between minimum and maximum values for these two SFCL devices, is studied to show its effect on the short-circuit parameters including symmetrical current components, transmission line currents, voltage symmetrical components, and transmission line voltages, without and with SFCL devices. Presented theoretical analysis is verified by simulation results.