• DocumentCode
    9620
  • Title

    YBCO Tape Conductor Characterization Probe for Various Temperatures and Fields

  • Author

    Mangiarotti, Franco J. ; Takayasu, Makoto ; Minervini, Joseph V.

  • Author_Institution
    Plasma Sci. & Fusion Center, Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Jun-13
  • Firstpage
    9000703
  • Lastpage
    9000703
  • Abstract
    An experimental probe has been designed and built to measure the critical current of YBCO tapes and cables as a function of magnetic field and temperature. The probe allows controlling the temperature between 4.2 and 80 K in liquid and gaseous helium ambient, and can be used in two different test facilities, providing magnetic fields up to 2 and 14 T, respectively. Critical current measurements were performed on a single YBCO tape at self-field at temperatures between 20 and 70 K.
  • Keywords
    barium compounds; copper compounds; critical currents; high-temperature superconductors; superconducting tapes; yttrium compounds; YBCO; critical current measurement; tape conductor characterization probe; temperature 4.2 K to 80 K; Critical current; Current measurement; Heating; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Voltage measurement; Yttrium barium copper oxide; Temperature dependence; YBCO;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1051-8223
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TASC.2013.2239694
  • Filename
    6410379