• DocumentCode
    1344455
  • Title

    HTS transformers

  • Author

    McConnell, B.W. ; Mehta, S.P. ; Walker, M.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    7
  • Lastpage
    11
  • Abstract
    The paper elucidates on some of the potential systems benefits and provides an update of progress in major high-temperature superconductor (HTS) transformer development programs worldwide. It begins with background sections on earlier low-temperature-superconductor (LTS) transformer developments and on transformer losses and efficiencies and their influence on total owning costs (TOC) as one of the major drivers that may determine the success and broad acceptance of HTS transformers for power applications
  • Keywords
    high-temperature superconductors; power transformers; superconducting devices; HTSC power transformers; development programs; high-temperature superconductors; power applications; total owning costs; transformer efficiencies; transformer losses; Conducting materials; Conductors; Costs; High temperature superconductors; Performance gain; Performance loss; Power transformer insulation; Power transformers; Steel; Transformer cores;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Engineering Review, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/39.846102
  • Filename
    846102