DocumentCode
979034
Title
Superconductive energy storage for diurnal use by electric utilities
Author
Boom, R.W.
Author_Institution
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin
Volume
17
Issue
1
fYear
1981
fDate
1/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
340
Lastpage
343
Abstract
A summary report of a five-year study of superconductive energy storage for electric utility systems is presented, Conceptual designs over that period have all been for one layer solenoids of aluminum-NbTi composite conductors cooled to 1.8 K in superfluid helium, The solenoids are mounted underground in bedrock in one or more tunnels. The two preferred designs in 1980 are: a 15 tunnel solenoid arranged in a circular pattern and a large radius single tunnel solenoid. The electrical energy storage efficiency in all cases is 95 to 96%.
Keywords
Power generation peaking capacity; Superconducting magnets, energy storage; Conductors; Cooling; Cost function; Design optimization; Energy storage; Helium; Power industry; Solenoids; Superconducting magnetic energy storage; Superconductivity;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9464
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TMAG.1981.1061005
Filename
1061005
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