Low-Field-Orientation Effect on REBCO Tape Performance and Its Power Cable Application

Journal Article · Thu Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2014.2364590· OSTI ID:1897210

Takayasu, Makoto ^[1]; Chiesa, Luisa ^[2]; Minervini, Joseph V. ^[3]

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1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center; OSTI
2. Tufts Univ., Medford, MA (United States)
3. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center

In this work, low field characteristics, including field orientation dependence relations for four different commercially available REBCO tapes, were investigated in an external field of up to 0.3 T at 77 K. A design method of the performance of a twisted stacked-tape conductor (TSTC) has been developed for a power transmission line. Cable critical current is obtained from an averaged self-field distributed over the cable cross section and the minimum critical current obtained from the field orientation dependence in transverse fields experimentally measured for the single tapes. The performance of three types of TSTCs, i.e., single-, double-, and triple-channel configurations, has been assessed for the four REBCO tapes.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center; Supercon, Inc., Shrewsbury, MA (United States); Tufts Univ., Medford, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Engineering & Technology. Office of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
• Grant/Contract Number: FC02-93ER54186; SC0004062; SC0004269
• OSTI ID: 1897210
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 25; ISSN 1051-8223
• Publisher: IEEE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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