High temperature superconductivity was discovered in 1986. Since then more than 150 new superconductors (cuprates, bismuthates, borides and fullerite) with critical temperature higher then 23,3K (the highest critical temperature for low temperature superconductors) have been synthesized. Many of them rise interest from the scientific viewpoint and are suitable for investigations focusing the phenomena of high temperature superconductivity. However, some superconducting families display properties that are attractive for applications in electrical power systems, medicine and transport. Two superconductors from the BSCCO family, Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (Bi-2212) e Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+x (Bi-2223), are among the most studied for application in electrical power systems at industrial scale. One prognostic for the market of superconducting electrical devices points out that this market will represent more than 47 billion dollars in the year 2020. More than 90% of this market will be dominated by devices such as: fault current limiters (FCL), transformers and superconducting magnetic energy storage systems (SMES). The present thesis aims to contribute for the development of a new technology for production of fault current limiters, based on the Bi-2212 phase, the partial melt method. This method involves peritectic fusion and solidification of the Bi-2212 phase and is substantially different from the complete melt processing usually used for production of Bi- 2212 blocks. The peritectic fusion and solidification of the Bi-2212 phase were investigated by quenching and in situ techniques. Superconducting properties were also studied by electromagnetic measurements. Based on these studies, a thermal cycle was established which results in a critical current density in bulk form, of the Bi-2212 phase, superior to 1000A/cm2, in direct current, at 77K and zero field. This value confirms the potential of the method to produce material for FCL.