New 50 Hz superconducting power supply for a 2 kA DC magnet

Author

Shevchenko, Oleg A. ; Ten Kate, Herman H J ; Krooshoop, Erik J G ; Markovsky, Nick V.

Author_Institution

Appl. Supercond. Centre, Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands

Volume

30

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1831

Lastpage

1834

Abstract

A new superconducting power supply able to operate directly from the mains voltage at a frequency of 50-60 Hz is under development in our institutes. It will be applied to power a separator magnet for iron ore recycling. The supply consists of a full wave superconducting converter, a `cold´ protection system, and control and measuring units. Typical design values of the device are: output current of 1-2 kA, voltage of 1-0.5 V; input current of 7 A, voltage of 220 V and frequency of 50 Hz; an efficiency better than 96%. The high current part of the supply finally will be placed in the same cryostat as the separator magnet. The basic concept of the device is presented in the paper

Keywords

electromagnets; power supplies to apparatus; superconducting magnet energy storage; 1 to 0.5 V; 1 to 2 kA; 2 kA DC magnet; 220 V; 50 Hz superconducting power supply; 50 to 60 Hz; 7 A; 96 percent; cold protection system; design values; efficiency; frequency; full wave superconducting converter; input current; iron ore recycling; output current; separator magnet; voltage; Control systems; Frequency; Iron; Magnetic separation; Particle separators; Power supplies; Power system protection; Recycling; Superconducting magnets; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.305602

Filename

305602