A comparison of the conductor requirements for energy storage devices made with ideal coil geometries

Conference · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6091258

Hassenzahl, W

Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) plants have been proposed in both solenoidal and toroidal geometries. The former is efficient in terms of the quantity of superconductor required per unit of stored energy. For applications where a fringe field could be a problem, the toroidal geometry, which requires at least a factor of two or more material, has been proposed. In addition to the solenoid and toroid, other geometries are possible, such as linear multipoles and spherical coils. These geometries have been considered for use in applications other than energy storage. In this report, the effectiveness (quantity of superconductor/stored energy) is calculated for various coil geometries.

• Research Organization: 9513034
• OSTI ID: 6091258
• Report Number(s): CONF-880812-
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States), Vol. 25:2; Conference: Applied superconductivity conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 21 Aug 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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25 ENERGY STORAGE
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
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MAGNET COILS
GEOMETRY
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE
DESIGN
SOLENOIDS
SUPERCONDUCTORS
TOROIDAL CONFIGURATION
ANNULAR SPACE
CLOSED CONFIGURATIONS
CONFIGURATION
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE
MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS
MATHEMATICS
SPACE
STORAGE
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