Design and Analysis of a kA-Class Superconducting Reactor

Author

Chen, Xiao Yuan ; Jin, Jian Xun ; Sun, Ri M. ; Tang, Chang L. ; Zhu, Yong P.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Autom. Eng., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

Volume

24

Issue

5

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents the designs of kiloampere-class reactors with high temperature superconducting (HTS) BSCCO tapes. The HTS solenoidal windings of the 100 A-class and kiloampere-class reactors consist of 34 coil layers and 136 coil turns in total. The structural design and performance evaluations, including critical current and ac loss calculations are discussed for a single-phase grounding fault case and compared with a conventional copper reactor. The method to apply the HTS tapes and the principal features of the HTS reactors have been theoretically identified.

Keywords

earthing; high-temperature superconductors; machine windings; superconducting coils; superconducting fault current limiters; superconducting magnets; superconducting tapes; A-class kA-class superconducting reactor; AC loss calculation; HTS BSCCO tape; coil layer; coil turn; critical current; high temperature superconducting; single phase grounding fault; solenoidal windings; structural design; Bismuth compounds; Coils; Copper; Critical current density (superconductivity); High-temperature superconductors; Inductors; Windings; AC loss; BSCCO; current limiting reactor; neutral grounding reactor; superconducting reactor;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2014.2340461

Filename

6860318