Test results of high temperature superconductor current lead at 14.5 kA operation

Author

Isono, T. ; Hamada, K. ; Ando, T. ; Tsuji, H. ; Yasukawa, Y. ; Tomioka, A. ; Nozawa, M. ; Konno, M. ; Sakaki, K.

Author_Institution

JAERI, Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

9

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

519

Lastpage

522

Abstract

High temperature superconductor (HTS) current leads have been developed for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) magnet system, which are required not only to reduce the lead heat leak but also to maintain safety in a fault condition. A pair of 10-kA class HTS current leads was fabricated and tested. The lead consists of a copper part and an HTS part. The HTS part is composed of 192 Bi-2223 silver-alloy sheathed tapes in a cylindrical array on a stainless steel tube. Thermal performance and stability were tested. The current leads could carry up to 14.5 kA by placing magnetic materials between the HTS elements, which were installed to reduce the perpendicular magnetic field in the HTS elements.

Keywords

bismuth compounds; calcium compounds; copper compounds; fusion reactor materials; high-temperature superconductors; power cable testing; silver; strontium compounds; superconducting cables; superconducting coils; superconducting magnets; 10 kA; 14.5 kA; Bi/sub 2/Sr/sub 2/Ca/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O-Ag; Bi/sub 2/Sr/sub 2/Ca/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub x/-Ag HTSC current leads; ITER superconducting magnet system; International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor; magnetic materials; thermal performance; thermal stability; Copper; High temperature superconductors; Inductors; Magnetic fields; Magnetic materials; Safety; Steel; Superconducting magnets; Testing; Thermal stability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.783349

Filename

783349