Experimental Investigation of the Minimum Propagation Currents and Quench Characteristics of LTS/HTS Hybrid Conductors

Author

Bansal, Gourab ; Yanagi, Nagato ; Hemmi, Tsutomu ; Takahata, Kazuya ; Mito, Toshiyuki

Author_Institution

Graduate Univ. for Adv. Studies, Gifu

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

2007

fDate

6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2474

Lastpage

2477

Abstract

An increase in minimum propagation currents of low temperature superconducting (LTS) NbTi/Cu conductor has been observed when high temperature superconducting (HTS) tapes are used as stabilizers. This kind of superconductor is being called an LTS/HTS hybrid conductor. The objective of the LTS/HTS conductor concept is to extend the basic research of cryogenic stability of LTS conductors such as stabilized with pure aluminum. Short samples of a NbTi/Cu conductor, a NbTi/Cu/Al conductor, and the NbTi/Cu/HTS conductors have been prepared and tested successfully, and the differences in the cryogenic stability were investigated.

Keywords

aluminium alloys; copper alloys; high-temperature superconductors; niobium alloys; stability; superconducting tapes; titanium alloys; LTS/HTS hybrid conductors; NbTiCuAl; cryogenic stability; high temperature superconducting tapes; low temperature superconducting conductor; minimum propagation currents; pure aluminum; quench characteristics; Aluminum; Conductors; Copper; High temperature superconductors; Niobium compounds; Superconducting films; Superconducting magnetic energy storage; Superconducting magnets; Testing; Titanium compounds; HTS; hybrid conductor; minimum propagation current; stability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2007.898020

Filename

4277286