AC loss in ReBCO pancake coils and stacks of them: modelling and measurement

Details AC loss in ReBCO pancake coils and stacks of them: modelling and measurement AC loss in ReBCO pancake coils and stacks of them: modelling and measurement

2011-09-12

arxiv.org/abs/1109.2526v2

E. Pardo, J. Souc, J. Kovac, Supercond. Sci. Technol., vol. 25 (2012) 035008

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

34 pages, 18 figures. All figures are modified; figures 3, 7 and 10 are new. Text thoroughly revised and extended

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Many applications of ReBCO coated conductors contain stacks of pancake coils. In order to reduce their high AC loss, it is necessary to understand the loss mechanisms. In this article, we measure and simulate the AC loss and the critical current, I_c, in stacks of pancake coils ("pancakes"). We construct stacks of up to 4 pancakes and we measure them by electrical means. We also obtain the anisotropic field dependence of J_c from I_c measurements of the tape. This J_c is the only input to the simulations, together with the coil dimensions. After validating our computations with the measurements, we simulate stacks of many pancakes, up to 32. We found that the AC loss in a stack of (four) pancakes is very high, two orders of magnitude larger than for a single tape. A double pancake behaves as a single one with double width but a stack of more pancakes is very different. Finally, we found that a 2-strand Roebel cable reduces the AC loss in a stack of pancakes but not in a single pancake. In conclusion, the AC loss in stacks of pancakes is too high. However, our simulations are useful to predict the AC loss and optimise the coil design, reducing the AC loss.

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