Transverse-field losses in aluminum-stabilized superconducting conductors

Author

Sumiyoshi, F. ; Kawabata, S. ; Fukushima, K. ; Hashiguchi, H. ; Kawashima, T. ; Mito, T. ; Yanagi, N. ; Satow, T. ; Yamamoto, J. ; Motojima, O.

Author_Institution

Kagoshima Univ., Japan

Volume

30

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2491

Lastpage

2494

Abstract

The frequency characteristic of AC losses in aluminum-stabilized superconducting conductors are investigated in order to elucidate their loss mechanism under changing transverse magnetic field. AC loss measurement is carried out for the short and straight sample conductor for the helical coil system of the Large Helical Device. The sample of about 50 cm in length is subjected to an AC ripple field with a frequency range from 0.05 to 337 Hz superimposed on the bias field. The experimental results show that the loss feature much depends both on direction of the transverse magnetic field and location of the stabilizer relative to the strand bundle. These results are quantitatively explained by the theoretical analysis

Keywords

Tokamak devices; eddy current losses; magnetic hysteresis; niobium alloys; superconducting magnets; titanium alloys; 0.05 to 337 Hz; AC losses; AC ripple field; Al-stabilized superconducting conductors; Large Helical Device; NbTi-Al; helical coil system; strand bundle; transverse magnetic field; Aluminum; Conducting materials; Conductors; Eddy currents; Frequency; Loss measurement; Magnetic field measurement; Niobium compounds; Superconducting magnets; Titanium compounds;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.305783

Filename

305783