Test results from the SMES Proof of Principle Experiment

Conference · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:5690646

Pfotenhauer, J M; Abdelsalam, M K; Bodker, F; Huttleston, D; Jiang, Z; Lakken, O D; Tao, B; Yu, D ^[1]; Scherbarth, D ^[2]

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1. Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (United States). Applied Superconductivity Center
2. Westinghouse Science and Technology Center, Pittsburgh, PA (US)

This paper reports on a proof of Principle Experiment (POPE) constructed and conducted to demonstrate the stability and operation of the SMES conductor in the SMES-WISC team's Engineering Test Model (ETM) design. The experimental facility includes: a 100 kA DC power supply; a 4 tesla, 1 meter bore, background field split solenoid; a three turn-1 meter diameter test coil of the ETM conductor, a dewar for operation of the solenoid and test coil at 1.8 K and 1 atmosphere, and support systems for vacuum, helium supply and recovery, and data acquisition. The test facility exactly duplicates the electric, magnetic and thermal conditions expected for the ETM conductor.

• OSTI ID: 5690646
• Report Number(s): CONF-900944--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Journal Volume: 27:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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