Analysis of magnetic field distribution and AC losses of a 600 kJ SMES Original Research Article

Development of a 600 kJ superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) system is being in progress by Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI). 3-ply BSCCO-2223 wire was considered as a conductor for the winding of the SMES system and auto-tuning niching genetic algorithm was adopted for an optimization method of the HTS magnets in the 600 kJ SMES system. Several constraint conditions were considered for optimal design of HTS magnet of SMES system such as operating current, length of HTS wire in piece, gap between double pancake coils, stored magnetic energy, etc. As a result, output parameters for 6 case designs of 600 kJ SEMS were obtained as optimal design results according to the operating currents. In this research, one of the 6 cases was chosen to analyze magnetic field distribution of the 600 kJ SMES system. AC loss for each double pancake module of SMES during discharge period was also calculated. These HTS windings will be applied to the SMES system whose purpose is stabilization of the power grid.