Quench characteristics of Bi-2223 coil at liquid helium temperature

Author

Oh, S.S. ; Wang, Q.L. ; Ha, H.S. ; Jang, H.M. ; Ha, D.W. ; Ryu, K.S. ; Nah, W.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Appl. Supercond., Korea Electrotechnol. Res. Inst., Changwon, South Korea

Volume

9

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1081

Lastpage

1084

Abstract

The quench characteristics of Bi-2223 single and four double pancake coils operating at liquid helium temperature were investigated based on experiments and numerical simulations. Broad resistive transition was observed in the double pancake coils. The Bi-2223 double pancake coil operating at liquid helium showed a slow normal zone propagation velocity. The stability margin of the coil was confirmed to be high because of the low operating temperature and a good cooling condition. The quench characteristics of a four double pancake coil system was simulated by a numerical method. It is clear that the protection resistance has a great influence on the current decay, transient voltage and hot-spot temperature.

Keywords

bismuth compounds; calcium compounds; high-temperature superconductors; stability; strontium compounds; superconducting coils; Bi-2223 four double pancake coils; Bi-2223 single double pancake coil; Bi/sub 2/Sr/sub 2/Ca/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O; Bi/sub 2/Sr/sub 2/Ca/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O coil; cooling condition; current decay; hot-spot temperature; liquid helium temperature; numerical simulation; protection resistance; quench characteristics; resistive transition; slow normal zone propagation velocity; stability margin; transient voltage; Critical current; Equations; Helium; High temperature superconductors; Magnetic fields; Numerical simulation; Protection; Stability; Superconducting coils; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.783485

Filename

783485