Apparatus for the inductive measurement of critical current of multistrand superconducting cables above 10 kA as a function of the temperature and magnetic field

Author

Shirshov, L.S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of High Energy Phys., Protvino, USSR

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

1992

fDate

1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

813

Lastpage

816

Abstract

An apparatus for the critical current measurements of high-current cables was designed to test short samples in magnetic fields up to 6 T and at temperatures from 2 K to 9 K. The sample is energized by an inductive method using a superconducting (SC) transformer. The hair-pin sample and secondary transformer winding are fixed inside the inner Dewar and cooled by helium gas at the specified temperature. The inner Dewar can be placed into the cryostat with liquid helium, where the SC solenoid and primary transformer winding are fixed stationary, thus making it possible to make a fast replacement of the sample. The author presents the parameters of the apparatus and results on measuring the critical currents of SC cable versus the magnetic field and temperature for an E=1 μV/cm electric field

Keywords

coils; critical currents; cryostats; electric current measurement; solenoids; superconducting cables; 2 to 9 K; 6 T; SC cable; SC solenoid; critical current; cryostat; hair-pin sample; inductive measurement; inner Dewar; magnetic fields; multistrand superconducting cables; primary transformer winding; secondary transformer winding; superconducting transformer; temperature; Critical current; Current measurement; Energy measurement; Helium; Magnetic field measurement; Solenoids; Superconducting cables; Temperature; Testing; Windings;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.120002

Filename

120002