Conceptual Design of a 20-kA Current Lead Using Forced-Flow Cooling and Ag-Alloy-Sheathed Bi-2223 High-Temperature Superconductors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 797-800

  Heller, Reinhard ^a   Hull, John R ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; COOLING; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HELIUM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; SILVER ALLOYS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CURRENT LEAD; FORCED FLOW COOLING; HELIUM FLOW; POWER CONSUMPTION; STELLARATORS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0029324004     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: 15582515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.402668     Document Type: Article

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