Overview
In order to develop a “design aid” for High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) based power equipment from an Engineering point of view, it is necessary to be able to predict the performance of the HT tape under operating conditions. These operating conditions include the impinging magnetic field on the tape, the temperature of the tape, and the current flowing through the tape. This is done so that the tape can be operated at a safe economical level, and at the same time avoiding quench. The developed method for predicting the critical current Ic of the tape when exposed to a particular impinging magnetic field used magnetic field modelling of the experimental setup and performance date of the tape from the HTS material database.
Outcomes
Developed algorithm model (a) using magnetic field data (b) found from a FEM simulation of the experimental setup (c) and the tape performance data (d) to produce a perdition of the critical current Ic for a experimental setup
(a) Measured and simulated I-V characteristics with and without the magnet for three of the tape segments.
(b) Comparison of the normalised modelled and experimental results for each of the tape segments
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Partners:
- Defence Science Technology (DST) Group