RIS ID
60112
Abstract
A 2.79 kJ prototype high transition temperature Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) device has been constructed. The coil for the prototype has been wound using High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) BSCCO-2223 tape. The refrigeration system is a gaseous helium cold head cryocooler used to maintain the SMES coil at a temperature of 30 K, improving the Ic characteristic of the coil by a factor of 4.7 compared to that at 77 K. The SMES device is capable of supplying a 3-phase load during power interruptions, and has been constructed during a program to develop a larger 20 kJ system aimed at industrial applications.
Publication Details
Hawley, C. J., Cook, C. D., Gower, S. & Beales, T. (2006). Characterisation and control of a prototype HTS SMES device. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 43 (1), 809-812.