Experiences Determining the AC Current Rating of HTS Tapes in Power Transformers

Author

Lapthorn, A.C. ; Chew, I. ; Enright, W.G. ; Bodger, P.S.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

fYear

2011

fDate

25-28 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Two experimental high temperature superconducting transformers has been designed and built using Bi2223 HTS tape. The transformers are unique in that the magnetic circuit is comprised of air and a silicon steel partial core. The first transformer failed during a full load endurance run and an investigation was carried out to determine the cause of the failure. The cause was believed to be from operating the HTS windings close to critical conditions. A method of determining the ac current rating of the HTS tape was developed and applied to the second transformer. This second transformer was tested successfully under load for several hours.

Keywords

bismuth compounds; high-temperature superconductors; magnetic circuits; power transformers; superconducting tapes; superconducting transformers; AC current rating; HTS tape; high temperature superconducting transformers; magnetic circuit; power transformer; silicon steel partial core; Current measurement; High temperature superconductors; Power transformers; Transformer cores; Voltage measurement; Windings;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2011 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Wuhan

ISSN

2157-4839

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6253-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APPEEC.2011.5748478

Filename

5748478