An engineering formula to describe the AC loss of BSCCO/Ag tape

Author

Rabbers, J.J. ; Ten Haken, B. ; Shevchenko, O.A. ; ten Kate, H.H.J.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Appl. Phys., Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2623

Lastpage

2626

Abstract

An engineering function to describe the AC loss of BSCCO/Ag tape conductors is developed. For a wide range of transport currents and magnetic fields (with different orientation) the loss is described with an uncertainty of 10%. The equation is based on the analytical expressions available, BSCCO/Ag tapes used in power applications at liquid nitrogen temperature are fed with an AC transport current and exposed to an AC magnetic field. The magnetic field in a device has different orientations with respect to the position of the conductor in the device. In this contribution, AC loss measurements for simultaneously applied magnetic field (with different orientation) and transport current are presented for a high quality tape conductor that is used in a transformer coil. The results are separated into a magnetic and a transport current loss component

Keywords

bismuth compounds; calcium compounds; copper compounds; loss measurement; losses; magnetic fields; numerical analysis; silver; strontium compounds; superconducting cables; superconducting tapes; AC loss measurements; AC magnetic field; AC transport current; BiSrCaCuO-Ag; BiSrCaCuO-Ag tape conductors; engineering formula; liquid nitrogen temperature; magnetic fields; power applications; transformer coil; transport current loss component; transport currents; Bismuth compounds; Conductors; Equations; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic liquids; Nitrogen; Temperature; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.920406

Filename

920406