A 100 MJ SMES demonstration at FSU-CAPS

Author

Luongo, Cesar A. ; Baldwin, Thomas ; Ribeiro, Paulo ; Weber, Charles M.

Author_Institution

Center for Adv. Power Syst., Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL, USA

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

2003

fDate

6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1800

Lastpage

1805

Abstract

The Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) at Florida State University (FSU) was recently established to pursue research and education in power engineering. Development and demonstration of superconducting technologies is one of the cornerstones of the CAPS program. Important aspects of the program are the test of superconducting equipment at power levels up to 5 MW, and the creation of a reconfigurable network that will support pulsed power testing. A 100 MJ SMES system is being completed at BWX Technologies for integration to the CAPS test facility, to allow pulsed power operation of the testbed. The SMES coil, scheduled for completion in 2003, is based on cable-in-conduit technology and NbTi superconductor. The full system (including cryostat and power converter) will be integrated at CAPS and be operational in late 2004.

Keywords

niobium alloys; pulsed power technology; superconducting cables; superconducting coils; superconducting device testing; superconducting magnet energy storage; titanium alloys; 100 MJ; 5 MW; NbTi; NbTi superconductor; SMES coil; cable-in-conduit conductor; cryostat; power converter; pulsed power testing; reconfigurable network; Educational programs; Power engineering; Power engineering education; Power systems; Samarium; Superconducting cables; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnetic energy storage; Systems engineering education; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2003.812894

Filename

1211957