Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2016.2526605
Keywords
Coated conductor; current leads; flux pump; HTS dynamo; superconducting generator; YBCO
Funding
- New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment [RTVU1401]
- New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) [RTVU1401] Funding Source: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE)
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High-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet systems conventionally require normal-conducting current leads, which connect between the HTS circuit and an external power supply located at room temperature. These current leads form a thermal bridge across the cryostat wall, and they represent the dominant heat load for many magnet applications. The use of a superconducting flux pump device is an alternative approach to exciting a magnet coil, which can eradicate this parasitic heat load, as such devices do not require direct physical connection to the HTS circuit. However, earlier proposed flux pump designs have required power-dissipating active components to be located within the cryogenic envelope, thus imposing their own parasitic heat load. Here, we report the successful demonstration of a mechanically rotating HTS flux pump, which operates entirely outside of the cryogenic envelope. This prototype device projects flux across a cryostat wall, leading to the injection of a direct current into a thermally isolated closed HTS circuit. This is achieved through the implementation of a flux-concentrating magnetic circuit employing ferromagnetic yoke pieces, which enables flux penetration of the HTS circuit at large flux gaps. We have demonstrated the injection of direct currents of > 30 A into a closed HTS circuit while operating this device across a cryostat wall.
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