The Effects of Liquid Cryogen on the Thermal/Electrical Characteristics of a GdBCO Coil in a Mixed Cryogen Cooling System

Author

Kim, Kwang Lok ; Song, J.B. ; Choi, Y.H. ; Yang, D.G. ; Yu, I.K. ; Park, M.W. ; Lee, H.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Korea Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

23

Issue

3

fYear

2013

fDate

Jun-13

Firstpage

4700405

Lastpage

4700405

Abstract

The electrical and thermal properties of a mixed cryogen-cooled 2G HTS coil with respect to liquid cryogen amount were examined to investigate the influence of the solid/liquid ratio on the thermal/electrical stabilities of the GdBCO coil. Thermal contact between the GdBCO coil and solid nitrogen was considerably improved as the amount of liquid neon (LNe) increased. Minimum quench energy values of the GdBCO coil were saturated as the amount of liquid neon increased, which suggested that the excessive LNe was not effective for enhancing the thermal stability of the GdBCO coil. The temperature traces of the GdBCO coil during the quench/recovery tests confirmed that the thermal stability of the coil was enhanced with the aid of the LNe.

Keywords

cryogenics; gadolinium compounds; high-temperature superconductors; superconducting coils; thermal stability; 2G HTS coil; GdBCO; GdBCO coil; excessive LNe; liquid cryogen effects; liquid neon; mixed cryogen cooling system; quench energy values; quench-recovery tests; solid nitrogen; solid-liquid ratio; thermal contact; thermal stability; thermal-electrical characteristics; Coils; Cooling; Heating; High temperature superconductors; Solids; Superconducting magnets; Thermal stability; GdBCO coil; minimum quench energy; mixed cryogen; thermal/electrical stabilities;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2012.2228734

Filename

6355627