• DocumentCode
    1438162
  • Title

    AC loss calorimeter for three-phase cable

  • Author

    Daney, D.E. ; Boenig, H.J. ; Maley, M.P. ; McMurry, D.E. ; DeBlanc, B.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Superconductivity Technol. Center, Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    310
  • Lastpage
    313
  • Abstract
    A calorimeter for measuring AC losses in meter-long lengths of HTS superconducting power transmission line cables is described. The calorimeter, which is based on a temperature difference technique, has a precision of 1 mW and measures single-, two-phase (coupling), and three-phase losses. The authors´ measurements show significant coupling losses between phases.
  • Keywords
    calorimetry; loss measurement; losses; power cable testing; power cables; superconducting cables; temperature distribution; AC losses measurement; calorimeter; coupling losses; single-phase losses; temperature difference technique; three-phase losses; three-phase superconducting power cables; two-phase losses; Couplings; High temperature superconductors; Length measurement; Loss measurement; Power cables; Power measurement; Propagation losses; Superconducting cables; Superconducting transmission lines; Transmission line measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1051-8223
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/77.614492
  • Filename
    614492