An Effect of HTS Wire Configuration on Quench Recovery Time in a Resistive SFCL

We experimentally investigated the correlation between the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wires configuration in an HTS element and recovery time after quench in a resistive superconducting fault current limiter. The variables of the configuration are horizontal and vertical gap distances between HTS tapes in an element. Eight samples were made with different gap distances and tested. A SUS-stabilized YBCO tape with 4.4 mm width had been used in the experiment. It was cooled by LN2 in a cryostat under the pressure of 1 bar, saturated state. In the short-circuit test, the temperature of the wire´s surface was measured. Recovery time of the HTS sample increased with decreasing horizontal and vertical gap distance due to stagnation of bubbles. When the gap distance was larger than a size of a bubble, the effect of gap distance was ignorable. Considering a volume and recovery time, the sample that has narrower gap distance was favorable.