Modeling of transport AC losses in superconducting arrays carrying anti-parallel currents

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1803-1806

  Majoros, M ^a   Ye, L ^b,c   Campbell, A M ^b,d   Coombs, T A ^b,d   Sumption, M D ^a   Collings, E W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AC losses; Fault current limiter; Finite element method; Numerical modeling; Superconductor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AC LOSSES; ANTI-PARALLEL CURRENTS; FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS; NUMERICAL MODELING;

SUPERCONDUCTING TAPES;

EID: 34547440271     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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