Performance improvement of YBCO coil for high-field HTS-SMES based on homogenized distribution of magnetically-mechanically influenced critical current

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 758-761

  Higashikawa, Kohei ^a   Nakamura, Taketsune ^a   Sugano, Michinaka ^a   Shikimachi, Koji ^b   Hirano, Naoki ^b   Nagaya, Shigeo ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hoop stress; Mechanical strain; Optimal design; SMES; YBCO coated conductor

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRITICAL CURRENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; WINDING; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; CRITICAL CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; HIGH FIELDS; HOOP STRESSES; HTS COILS; LOCAL HEATING; MAGNETIC (CE); MOCVD-YBCO; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 45149093498     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2008.921890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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