Development of a YBCO Racetrack Coil for HTS Machine Applications

Author

Jiang, Yizhang ; Yang, Yi ; Zhang, Zhenhao ; Zhang, M. ; Ren, Yi ; Kuang, M. ; Wu, Junyong ; Li, Yuhua ; Gu, Chen

Author_Institution

Dongfang Electr. Corp. R&D Center, Intell. Equip. & Control Technol. Inst., Chengdu, China

Volume

24

Issue

5

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A YBCO racetrack coil was developed for HTS machine applications. The coil was constructed as step-type to fit in the limited space of the machine rotor. Two double-pancake (DB) windings were fabricated for the whole coil that has used 388 m of YBCO wires purchased from American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC). A finite-element method (FEM) software was used to model the coil and the critical currents for each DB winding were estimated. It was found out during the winding process that by using AMSC wires the coils can be wound in a rather simple way. The coils show no degradation even after a few accidents occurred during the winding process.

Keywords

barium compounds; coils; copper compounds; finite element analysis; high-temperature superconductors; machine windings; yttrium compounds; AMSC wires; American Superconductor Corporation; FEM software; HTS machine applications; YBCO; YBCO racetrack coil; double-pancake windings; finite-element method; machine rotor; step-type; winding process; Coils; Integrated circuits; Rotors; Windings; Wires; Yttrium barium copper oxide; HTS machine; YBCO coil; racetrack coil;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2014.2344767

Filename

6870472