Performance characteristics of the 60 kA SMES conductor

Author

Pfotenhauer, J.M. ; Abdelsalam, M.K. ; Lokken, O.D. ; Jiang, Z. ; Waldrop, J.S. ; Yang, S. ; Christianson, O.R. ; Daly, E.F. ; King, J.E. ; Pavlik, D. ; Brogren, E. ; DeGraaf, D. ; Kessler, F. ; Ludbrook, A.

Author_Institution

Appl. Supercond. Center, Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA

Volume

5

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

286

Lastpage

289

Abstract

We report the operating characteristics of the monolithic SMES conductor designed for operation at 60 kA, 5.1 Tesla in a 1.8 K bath of subcooled helium. Details of the experimental arrangement and procedures are presented as background. At 1.85 K the conductor has been operated up to 75 kA, and with maximum field conditions of 4.75 Tesla. Conductor performance is compared to the load line and design point of the Engineering Test Model (ETM). Transient stability is also demonstrated. Maximum conditions experienced by the conductor were limited by facility operation rather than by the conductor itself.<>

Keywords

stability; superconducting device testing; superconducting magnet energy storage; 1.8 K; 1.85 K; 4.25 T; 5.1 T; 60 kA; 75 kA; Engineering Test Model; design point; load line; monolithic SMES conductor; subcooled helium; superconductor performance; transient stability; Automatic testing; Circuit testing; Conductors; Samarium; Stability; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnetic energy storage; Superconducting magnets; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.402544

Filename

402544