Fault current limiter-predominantly resistive behavior of a BSCCO shielded-core reactor

Conference · Fri Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2000

OSTI ID:759062

Ennis, M G; Tobin, T J; Cha, Y S; Hull, J R

Tests were conducted to determine the electrical and magnetic characteristics of a superconductor shielded core reactor (SSCR). The results show that a closed-core SSCR is predominantly a resistive device and an open-core SSCR is a hybrid resistive/inductive device. The open-core SSCR appears to dissipate less than the closed-core SSCR. However, the impedance of the open-core SSCR is less than that of the closed-core SSCR. Magnetic and thermal diffusion are believed to be the mechanism that facilitates the penetration of the superconductor tube under fault conditions.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 759062
• Report Number(s): ANL/ET/CP-102227; TRN: US0004473
• Resource Relation: Conference: Applied Superconductivity Conference 2000, Virginia Beach, VA (US), 09/17/2000--09/22/2000; Other Information: PBD: 30 Jun 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE
REACTOR CORES
THERMAL SHIELDS
SUPERCONDUCTORS
THERMAL DIFFUSION
TUBES
MAGNETIC SHIELDING