Design and fabrication of a 70 kA current lead using Ag/Au stabilized Bi-2223 tapes as a demonstrator for the ITER TF-coil system

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1774-1777

  Heller, R ^a   Aized, D ^b   Akhmetov, A ^a,c   Fietz, W H ^a   Hurd, F ^d   Kellers, J ^b   Kienzler, A ^a   Lingor, A ^a   Maguire, J ^b   Vostner, A ^d   Wesche, R ^e  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^d EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Current leads; Fusion magnets; High temperature superconductor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC TAPES; HALL EFFECT; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; SENSORS; SILVER; STAINLESS STEEL; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CURRENT FEEDERS; CURRENT LEADS; FUSION MAGNETS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS (HTS);

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 4344657293     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2004.831075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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