Quench Propagation Characteristics of the Liquid Nitrogen Cooled HTS Wires by Externally Injected Heat Energy

Author

Yoon, Kyung Yong ; Bae, Duck Kweon ; Kang, Hyoungku ; Ahn, Min Cheol ; Lee, Sang-Jin ; Kim, Ho Min ; Yoon, Yong Soo ; Ko, Tae Kuk

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul

Volume

16

Issue

2

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1015

Lastpage

1018

Abstract

With the successful commercialization of Bi-2223 powder-in-tube wire, many attempts to the R & D of the high-T_c superconducting (HTS) magnets for high magnetic field applications are now being implemented actively. Although operating temperature of HTS magnet must be kept in the designed level, the magnetic energy and mechanical disturbance can make the operational temperature of HTS magnet unstable. Especially, generated heat energy of inner HTS winding is apt to accumulate, so the normal region appears in HTS winding. This paper deals with the quenching characteristic of reinforced Bi-2223 wire and two bare Bi-2223 wires in adiabatic condition. The minimum quench energy (MQE) of HTS wires was affected by the material and ratio of their matrix. In the same condition, the normal zone propagation (NZP) energy of nonreinforced HTS wire was smaller than that of reinforced HTS wire

Keywords

cooling; high-temperature superconductors; quenching (thermal); superconducting magnets; windings; Bi-2223 powder-in-tube wire; HTS wire; adiabatic condition; heat energy; high-Tc superconducting magnet; liquid nitrogen cooling; mechanical disturbance; quench propagation characteristics; winding; Commercialization; Cooling; High temperature superconductors; Magnetic flux; Nitrogen; Superconducting cables; Superconducting devices; Superconducting filaments and wires; Superconducting magnets; Yttrium barium copper oxide; HTS magnet; HTS wire; matrix; minimum quench energy; normal zone propagation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2005.869650

Filename

1643020