Design of a superconducting saddle magnet for DC induction heating of aluminum billets

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 816-819

  Morandi, Antonio ^b   Fabbri, Massimo ^b   Ribani, Pier Luigi ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AC losses; Induction heating; MgB2; Nb Ti

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BILLETS (METAL BARS); HEATING; MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE;

AC LOSS; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; FIELD PROFILE; MGB2; OPERATING CONDITION; SADDLE COILS; STATE OF THE ART;

INDUCTION HEATING;

EID: 45149112524     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2008.921280     Document Type: Article

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