• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.31-35
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• 2019

The lumped-parameter circuit model for a no- insulation (NI) high temperature superconductor (HTS) magnet has been well understood after many experimental and analytic studies over a decade. It successfully explains the non-linear charging behaviors of NI magnets. Yet, recently, multiple groups reported that the post-quench electromechanical behaviors of an NI HTS magnet may not be well explained by the lumped circuit model. The characteristic resistance of an NI magnet is one of the key parameters to characterize the so-called "NI behaviors" of an NI magnet and recently a few groups reported a potential that the characteristic resistance of an NI magnet may substantially vary during a quench. This paper deals with this issue, the increment of contact resistance of the no-insulation (NI) REBCO magnet during a quench and its impact on the post-quench behaviors. A 7 T 78 mm NI REBCO magnet that was previously built by the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory was chosen for our simulation to investigate the increment of contact resistance to better duplicate the post-quench coil voltages in the simulation. The simulation results showed that using the contact resistance value measured in the liquid nitrogen test, the magnitude of the current through the coil must be much greater than the critical current. This indicates that the value of the contact resistance should increase sharply after the quench occurs, depending on the lumped circuit model.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.130-133
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• 2001

A multifilamentary Bi-2223 HTS tape for superconducting power applications was studied through the fabrication of 250-meter long tapes by the PIT(powder in tube) process. To fabricate continuous long wire, a drawing machine, a two-drum bull block and a rolled tape winding machine were developed. Especially, 250-meter long tapes were heat treated in the shape of pancake coil to reduce the heat affect zone and to achieve the high critical current. Engineering critical current density was improved through both the enhancements of critical current density by control of thermal process and the increase of filling factor by using thin Ag alloy sheath tubes less than 1.5 mm in thickness. We have made successfully 250-meter long 37 filamentary tapes with high filling factor up to 31 % employing the modified drawing and rolling technique. The critical current of 250-meter long tapes with pancake coil type was measured by transport method at self-field up to 250 gauss of center field. The measured values, based on the transport critical current at self-field, $I_{c}$ -B characteristics and magnetic field analysis, are 34 A of I$_{c}$ and 4.0 $kA/\textrm{cm}^2$ of $J_{e}$ at 250 m, 77 K, and 0 T. We also have achieved the 56 A of I$_{c}$ and 7.0 $0 kA/\textrm{cm}^2$ of$ J_{e}$ in short tapes at 77K, self-field, and 1$mutextrm{V}$/cm.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.7-16
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• 2014

Rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) coated conductor (CC) tapes have already been commercialized but still possess some issues in terms of manufacturing cost, anisotropic in-field performance, $I_c$ response to mechanical loads such as delamination, homogeneity of current transport property, and production length. Development on improving its performance properties to meet the needs in practical device applications is underway and simplification of the tape's architecture and manufacturing process are also being considered to enhance the performance-cost ratio. As compared to low temperature superconductors (LTS), high temperature superconductor (HTS) REBCO CC tapes provide a much wider range of operating temperature and a higher critical current density at 4.2 K making it more attractive in magnet and coil applications. The superior properties of the REBCO CC tapes under magnetic field have led to the development of superconducting magnets capable of producing field way above 23.5 T. In order to achieve its optimum performance, the electromechanical properties under different deformation modes and magnetic field should be evaluated for practical device design. This paper gives an overview of the effects of mechanical stress/strain on $I_c$ in HTS CC tapes due to uniaxial tension, bending deformation, transverse load, and including the electrical performance of a CC tape joint which were performed by our group at ANU in the last decade.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.31-35
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• 2011

A Hybrid Fault Current Limiter(FCL) which has more advantages in fast response and thermal characteristics than a simple resistive FCL had been proposed by our group. The Hybrid FCL consists of a resistive FCL for the magnitude of the first peak of fault current, and a fast switch for detecting fault current and generating the repulsive force within a cycle in fault situation. In ideal case, the impedance of the fast switch wound with two other kinds of HTS tape is negligibly zero in normal operation. But, during the fault situation, each HTS tape has different quench characteristics because of asymmetric current distribution. And this phenomenon causes effective flux and this flux opens the switch through the repulsive force applied to a metal plate of the fast switch. The magnitude of the repulsive force affects the switching characteristics of the fast switch. It should be large enough to raise the metal plate up. Otherwise the arc re-out break which are caused by not enough repulsive force to raise the metal plate up can cause unintended operation of the fast switch. In this paper, the numerical calculation of the repulsive force applied to the metal plate of the fast switch in various combinations of HTS tapes was performed by using the short-circuit test and finite element method.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• summer
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• pp.773-775
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• 2004

최근 높은 임계전류를 지닌 고온초전도선재를 이용한 초전도 전력기기의 개발이 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 고온초전도선재의 임계전류는 자장에 대한 의존성을 지니고 있으며 이로 인해 고온초전도선재가 코일의 형태로써 초전도 전력기기의 개발에 이용되는 경우, 권선 방식에 따라 다른 전기적 특성을 지니게 된다. 이러한 특성은 초전도선재의 전력기기의 효율에 큰 영향을 미치므로 권선 방식에 따른 코일의 특성을 연구하는 것은 초전도선재를 이용한 전력기기의 효율을 높이는데 있어서 중요한 의미를 갖는다. 본 논문에서는 권선 방식에 따른 코일의 특성을 비교하기 위해 동일한 턴 수와 사용 선재길이를 가진 팬케이크 코일과 솔레노이드 코일을 설계, 제작하고 두 코일의 임계전류를 측정하였다. 또한 인가전류에 대한 두 코일의 전압, 저항특성과 교류손실 특성을 측정하고 비교하였다. 측정결과, 두 코일의 임계전류는 솔레노이드 코일이 109A로 팬케이크 코일에 비해 약 $36\%$ 더 높았다. 코일에 가해준 인가전류가 증가함에 따라 코일에서 발생하는 전압 중 손실에 관련된 저항성 성분의 전압이 변화하고 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 교류손실은 인가 전류의 피크값이 팬케이크 코일의 임계전류 이하인 구간에서 팬케이크 코일이 솔레노이드 코일의 교류손실보다 9배 크며, 팬케이크와 솔레노이드의 임계전류 사이에서는 8.3배 컸다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.374-377
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• 2002

Magnetic field is necessary to control the convection of melted silicon and to improve the quality of the wafer in the 12inch silicon wafer growing process. Nowadays, superconducting magnet is used in this process. We fabricated and tested a saddle shaped superconducting magnet for 8inch silicon wafer growing system. And the protection circuits for HTS current lead and superconducting coil are designed and manufactured. In this paper, their manufacturing process and test results are introduced.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.322-325
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• 2002

In this paper, the power-linking device connecting the high-Tc super-conducting(HTS) coil to the power system in the DC reactor type three-phase high-Tc superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) has been designed. This design was triggered from the concept that the magnetic energy could be exchanged into the electrical energy each other. Ferromagnetic material is used as the path of magnetic flux. The device mentioned above was named Magnetic Core Reactor(MCR). MCR was designed to minimize the voltage drop caused by copper loss. The current density of the conductor was 1.3 A/mm$^2$ and % voltage drop was 2%.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.1116-1117
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• 2015

최근에 개발되고 있는 2세대 고온초전도 선재는 77.3 K의 액화질소보다 높은 임계온도를 가진다. 응용기기의 특성에 따라 액화질소 온도 이하의 다양한 온도 범위에서 운전되고 있다. 이러한 운전 온도의 차이는 초전도 선재의 임계전류 차이를 가져오고, 높아진 임계전류는 시스템의 안정도 측면에서 장점을 가지는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 운전 온도 조건에 따른 임계전류에 의한 교류손실 측면의 연구를 진행하였다. 다양한 초전도 권선 형태에서의 임계온도에 따른 교류손실 특성을 수치해석을 통해 확인하고, 시스템의 안정성 향상에 필요한 운전온도에 대한 기본적인 특성 연구를 수행하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.10-13
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• 2003

6.6㎸rms/200Arms DC reactor type superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) has been developed. This paper deals with the manufacture and short-circuit test of the SFCL. DC reactor was the HTS solenoid coil whose inductance was 84mH. AC/DC power converter was performed as the dual-mode operation. The short-term run(1 sec) and short-circuit test of this SFCL was performed successfully. The experimental results have a similar tendency to the simulation results. In short-circuit test, at 2 cycles after the fault, fault current limitation rate was about 30％.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.04b
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• pp.198-200
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• 2009

This paper presents the numerical simulation results on the moving type electrodynamic suspension (EDS) simulator. Superconducting EDS system is generated by the interaction between the magnetic field made by the induced the eddy current in the ground conductor and the moving magnetic field made by onboard superconducting magnet. The levitation force of EDS system, which is proportional to the strength of the moving magnetic field, becomes saturated according to the increase of the velocity Especially, the levitation force is influenced by the structure of HTS magnet and ground conductor. The 3-D numerical analysis with FEM was used to find the distribution of the magnetic field, the optimal coil structure, and the calculation of the levitation force.